noun:

• kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat

noun:

• rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure (attract, invite) (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk)
• to corrode; to weather; to crumble
• to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice)
• to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt
• to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down ➜ 気が腐る【きがくさる】

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to have the audacity to; to be bastard enough to - after the -masu stem of a verb; indicates scorn or disdain for another's action - usually written using kana alone - Kansai dialect ➜ やがる

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose a bet - archaism
• to be drenched; to become sopping wet - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairmanship

noun:

• chairman; presenter; host; moderator; master of ceremonies ➜ 司会者【しかいしゃ】

noun:

• small, thin fabric belt worn over the kimono and under the obi in order to protect the fabric

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal]; good luck does not always repeat itself - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• control (of a machine, device, etc.)
• control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management; suppression; keeping in check

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

noun:

• hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 迷い箸

noun:

• hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 惑い箸

noun:

• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner - obscure term

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to pull into; to draw in; to bring in
• to win over

noun / ~する noun:

• turning a suspect over to the public prosecutor's office; committing a suspect to trial - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to change one's attitude quickly - idiom
• to flip over one's hand - たなごころをかえす is often used figuratively as an example of something easy

expression:

• money speaks louder than words; money is better than (empty) words; yen bills over salutations [literal] - pun on 挨拶 and 円札 both ending in さつ - proverb - humorous term

noun:

• women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono
• ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go) ［打ち掛け］

noun / ~する noun:

• attending someone through the night (guard, nurse)
• act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding)
• keeping overnight vigil over body before burial

expression / ichidan verb:

• to talk; to call; to invite
• to call a geisha or prostitute over

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang over; to cover
• to take on a responsibility; to become a burden

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang over; to cover
• to take on a responsibility; to become a burden

expression / ichidan verb:

• to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over

noun:

• tea rolled by hand over a dryer (old production method); hand-rolled tea

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• rolling over
• turning around; turning from side to side; inversion; reversal
• tonal inversion; (making a) negative image

noun:

• Triple Intervention (diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany and France over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki) ➜ 下関条約

expression / ichidan verb:

• to go over one's head; to be beyond one's comprehension