expression / godan ~く verb:

• to seek results, not show; to discard the flower for the fruit [literal] - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools ➜ 両天秤に掛ける

noun:

• under one's arm; (in) the armpit

noun:

• sky; the heavens ➜ 下土
• God; the Lord; the Creator; the Supreme Being
• ascension (into heaven)

adjective:

• somewhat lacking; somewhat weak in the head

expression / adverb:

• indiscriminately; without consideration; irrespective of the occasion; paying no attention to the feelings or expectations of those nearby

noun:

• astronomical observation; shooting the sun

noun:

• aiueo-order; order of the kana syllabary

noun:

• Hemipristis; genus of the weasel shark family Hemigaleidae

noun / ~する noun:

• kneeling down (to pray); going down on one's knees

noun:

• little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon - Mahjong term

noun:

• mouth shaped like a kana "he" character; mouth turned down at the corners ➜ への字に結んだ口

noun / ~する noun:

• winning one's first election; being elected for the first time

noun:

• communications partner; entity at the end of a communication - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• being reluctant to sell; holding off on selling

expression / temporal noun:

• another day; the next day

noun:

• Ctenophora; phylum comprising the comb jellies

noun:

• ancient ways; the feelings of the ancients

noun:

• with no one upon whom to depend; utter loneliness; the lonely and the helpless; people who have no kith or kin - four character idiom

noun:

• Chongqing government; Kuomintang government based in Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War

noun:

• Anhimidae; family comprising the screamers (birds)

noun:

• various deities; the gods - Buddhism term

noun:

• left breast; left side of the chest

noun:

• new straw; straw from the current year
• rice seedlings boiled and dried and then tied into a woman's hair to chase evil spirits away

noun:

• whole family; all the members of one's family