noun:

• sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no substance - four character idiom

noun:

• preserving in alcohol
• pickling one's liver; drinking incessantly; being a souse

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to carry on one's shoulders (esp. of two or more people carrying a palanquin, etc.)

noun:

• convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness
• bug thought to cause children's diseases

expression:

• someone who was just crying quickly cheers up and smiles; a child's emotions change easily

noun:

• dragon's den
• auspicious place for a temple, town, etc. to be built (feng shui)

noun:

• men's things; menswear; men's wear

~の noun:

• men's; for men

expression / adverb:

• by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat

expression / ichidan verb:

• to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

noun:

• one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)

noun:

• one's official name; one's registered name; one's name as it appears on the family register ➜ 戸籍

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to slide down
• to make a fool of oneself
• to whoop it up; to be on the spree; to cut loose; to mess around

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to lay down
• to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side

noun:

• Leo (constellation); the Lion - Astronomy term
• Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk - Buddhism term ➜ 獅子の座

expression:

• preaching to the deaf; reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear [literal] - idiom ➜ 念仏

expression / noun:

• bathhouse thievery; stealing someone else's clothes and valuables at a bathhouse

noun:

• slip of paper bearing a book's title (pasted inside the book)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to raise the reputation of one's family; to found a house

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to turn (a matter) over in one's mind; to think deeply

expression:

• to let a chance to do something slip through one's fingers - obscure term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be particular about one's food; to have a discriminating palate ➜ 口が肥える

noun:

• woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion - archaism ➜ 御殿女中・奥女中

expression:

• a person's worth is assessed only when their coffin is sealed - idiom

noun:

• legal guardians' association; parents' association (at a school)
• parent-teacher's meeting