noun:

• scholar beholden to the government; self-serving academic; scholar who toadies up to government authorities - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face

expression:

• not to be able to settle down (if something is not done); must (do something)

noun:

• child born to one's legal wife (as opposed to one's concubine, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation

~する noun:

• to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to sit down (and bask); to sit-in (in protest)

expression / ~の noun:

• distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; special to

expression:

• but; except; without; but for - usu. accompanied by a verb in negative form

noun:

• inability to live up to one's rank; out of one's league

expression / ichidan verb:

• to chase one's gloom away; to free one's thoughts from melancholy - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• right to speak; offering one's opinion to one's superior; proposal

noun:

• place to put things; shed; storage space ➜ 置き場
• place to put oneself - usu. as 身の置き所 ➜ 身の置き所がない・身の置き所もない

adjective:

• formidable; not to be sneered at; not to be made light of

expression / adjective:

• have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to ➜ 縁のない

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.); to have glassy eyes

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to throw one's chest out; to hold one's head high

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to talk through one's hat; to blow one's own horn - idiom

godan ~す verb:

• to say repeatedly (often by many people); to say over and over again

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity

expression / noun:

• losing one's reason due to love; lack of judgment due to love

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders ➜ 組む

expression / ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to engrave in one's heart; to inscribe on one's liver [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be experienced in the ways of the world; to taste the bitter and the sweet

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)