godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to cover fully; to wrap around

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to step back; to walk backwards ➜ 退く【しりぞく】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to complain; to make a complaint

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stare someone down; to outstare

expression / ichidan verb:

• to avoid misfortune; to escape danger

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to capture public interest; to enjoy popularity

noun / godan ~く verb:

• to understand; to keep in mind ➜ お含みおきください

expression / ichidan verb:

• to crack (person's voice); to squeak ➜ 裏返る【うらがえる】

godan ~る verb:

• to act cocky; to put on airs - colloquialism

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to die; to be killed ➜ 倒れる【たおれる】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to cause laughter; to extract a smile

noun:

• white sandbar; white sandbank
• area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles
• gravel separating a Noh stage from the audience
• court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand - archaism ➜ お白州

expression:

• many irons in the fire; engaged in two trades at the same time; wearing two hats - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom ➜ 輪廻転生

noun:

• sexual position where the man lies flat on his back and the woman sits on top; cowgirl position - vulgar

noun:

• good thing; strong point
• good family; prestigious school
• the right moment

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• utter; extreme

adverbial noun:

• at (the) best; at most

noun:

• Suiko period (i.e. the Asuka period, esp. under the reign of Empress Suiko, approx. 592-628 CE)

noun:

• Fifteen Years' War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945)

noun:

• imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years) ➜ 式年

noun:

• the other party (usu. in business); person or party with whom you are dealing (on the other end)

noun:

• sliteye shark (Loxodon macrorhinus, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific)