expression:

• widowers are untidy; a man alone soon goes to seed; a man goes to pieces without a woman to look after him - proverb

counter:

• counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi

noun:

• young bird; chick
• hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival ［ひな］
• green; wet behind the ears; juvenile ［ひよこ・ひよっこ］

noun / ~する noun:

• writing with the brush in one's mouth

noun:

• foreword; preface
• affidavit; written confession (of a commoner in the Edo period)

noun:

• the principle of not resuming debate on an item in the same Diet session in which it has been voted down

noun:

• an utai (noh chant) piece for recitation
• accompanied singing in which the singing is emphasized over the instrumental part (emphasised)

expression:

• harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; people may be offended (or not) by the way you speak - proverb

noun:

• milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus, species of requiem shark found in the eastern Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific) ➜ 平頭

noun:

• Heptranchias; genus of cow shark in the family Hexanchidae containing the sharpnose seven-gill shark as its only member

noun:

• finger Braille; system of communicating with the deaf-blind in which the receiver's fingers are tapped like a Braille typewriter ➜ 点字【てんじ】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have one's turn; to be on duty; to have one's inning

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to stamp (one's mark, etc.); to seal
• to leave (one's footprints, etc.)

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in a line; to stand in a row
• to be equal

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at ➜ 決る【しゃくる】

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel relieved; to feel happy after having been relieved of a responsibility; to be relieved from a duty

noun:

• seeking one's own interests; straining (the interpretation or argument) to suit one's own interests; drawing water for one's own field - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to keep one's wit about one; to be on one's guard; to be wary; to keep on one's toes - idiom ➜ 眉に唾をつける

noun:

• inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 判官【はんがん】
• (noh) old man ➜ 翁【おきな】
• white ash (of charcoal)

noun:

• fake wedding cake with real cake insert used for the ceremonial cutting of the cake - From English "ceremony cake" ➜ ケーキカット

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)

noun:

• mamba (snake of the genus Dendroaspis)
• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - abbreviation ➜ ヤマンバ

noun:

• right to keep silent; right to silence; right to remain silent

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with