expression:

• good advice is harsh to the ears; honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• the point of an argument being unclear; the tenor of an argument being poorly reasoned - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language

noun:

• skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world - four character idiom
• child kabuki actor - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• flower basket ［はなかご・はなこ］
• flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals ［はなかご・けこ］ - usu. けこ - Buddhism term

noun:

• Tendai Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) - obscure term ➜ 日吉神道

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be invited (often to perform for an audience); to be called

expression / ichidan verb:

• to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball) - idiom
• to reach for (a snack, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a mountain area (for climbing)
• entering a monastery; coming to live in a temple

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold)
• to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones
• to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)

noun:

• large jewel; string of jewels - archaism
• Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia) ➜ 勾玉・三種の神器

expression:

• each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country; when there are ministries, there is no country [literal] - proverb

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to remove one's shirt thus revealing the skin; to remove the upper part of one's garments
• to work with great effort ➜ 片肌脱ぐ・一肌脱ぐ

noun:

• day of disgrace (in Okinawa; April 28, after the day in 1952 in which the US occupation of mainland Japan, but not Okinawa, ended)

noun / ~の noun:

• being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player) - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do

expression / ichidan verb:

• to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself

ichidan verb:

• to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close

expression / noun:

• ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger

noun:

• college of the arts; university of the arts; art university

noun:

• college of the arts; university of the arts; art university - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• victimized by the unlucky year; victimised by the unlucky year

noun:

• sound of the autumn wind; sound of the fall wind

noun:

• Orders of the Precious Crown; Orders of the Sacred Crown