expression / godan ~く verb:

• to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be tied together; to be fastened ➜ 結ぶ
• to be wedded; to be joined in marriage; to be united in marriage

expression / ichidan verb:

• to twist a thread
• to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability - idiom - abbreviation ➜ 腕によりをかける

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow senile; to be childish with age
• to be mentally slow; to be befuddled
• to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
• to become engrossed (in something) ［ほうける］

noun:

• stowage at the bottom; goods stowed at the bottom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to go beyond the limit; to pass the limit

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to win the prize; to win the ring

noun:

• darkness under the trees; dark place under the trees - obscure term

expression / adjective:

• beautiful to the eye; pleasant to the eye; sightly

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make the impossible possible; to accomplish the impossible

noun:

• four-on-the-floor; four-to-the-floor - Music term

noun:

• Galapagos phenomenon; Galapagos syndrome; tendency of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) to be designed specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species ➜ ガラパゴス化

expression:

• to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve - four character idiom

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive") - れる for 五段 verbs, られる for 一段 verbs. After the -nai stem of a verb ➜ 迷惑の受身【めいわくのうけみ】
• indicates the potential form - no imperative form
• indicates spontaneous occurrence - no imperative form
• used as an honorific for others' actions - no imperative form - honorific language

expression / godan ~る verb:

• for tears to gather in one's eyes; for tears to well up in one's eyes

noun:

• viewpoint; point of view
• way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule) - esp. 〜の見方

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to throw; to toss; to cast
• to hit; to strike; to smash; to hammer in; to drive in
• to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
• to wear (sword, etc.); to carry

noun:

• bamboo growing along a river bank
• Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake
• Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
• prostitute; the life of a prostitute - archaism

noun:

• nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 浄土
• Amitabha's Pure Land ［くほん］ ➜ 九品浄土
• nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land ［くほん］ ➜ 九品蓮台

noun:

• red bean paste; red bean jam; anko - Food term ➜ 餡こ
• kudzu sauce - Food term ➜ 葛餡
• filling (of a dumpling, bun, etc., e.g. ground meat, vegetables, bean paste) - Food term
• filling (generally); a substance wrapped in something else (e.g. cushion stuffing) ➜ 餡子

noun:

• same period of last year; the same month a year ago; year-ago month

expression / ichidan verb:

• to exceed the budget; to overrun the budget - idiom
• to have a secret revealed - idiom

noun:

• style of clothes; method of tailoring; method of training

noun:

• memorandum of agreement; memorandum of understanding; letter of intent