expression:

• the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it

expression:

• anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driver [literal] - proverb

godan ~く verb:

• to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss
• to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

expression:

• filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents) (from The Classic of Filial Piety)

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of bubbles (or other small objects) being popped - onomatopoeia
• lumpy sensation (e.g. of food) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• little bits; small grains
• bubble wrap (trademark of Kawakami Sangyo Co.) ［プチプチ］ ➜ 気泡緩衝材

noun / ~する noun:

• on-the-spot filming or photography

noun:

• live filming (as opposed to animation); actual picture (as opposed to a drawing); photographic image (as opposed to a drawing, computer-generated image, etc.)
• real picture or story (as opposed to fiction, imaginary scene, etc.); describing actual scenes (in writing, drawings, paintings, etc.); documentary (film)

noun:

• figure of a person; figures of people
• shadow of a person

adverb:

• more and more; all the more; increasingly
• at last; finally; beyond doubt
• (at the) last moment; worst possible time

noun / ~する noun:

• incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion
• being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength; failing to obtain the desired result - idiom

noun:

• plan which is shown on the left; left-most plan; map on the left (chart, graph) ➜ 右図

adjectival noun / adverb / noun / ~の noun:

• amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic)
• full
• one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat

adverb / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• fully; to capacity - usually written using kana alone
• a lot; much - usually written using kana alone

suffix noun / adverbial noun:

• all of ...; the entire ... - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort

noun:

• Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort - obscure term ➜ 三后

noun:

• Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort - obscure term ➜ 三后

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to go to the bathroom; to go to the restroom; to excuse oneself

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to become the head; to rise to the top; to rank above; to stand above

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to have the ladder pulled out from under one [literal]

noun:

• getting one's finger caught (e.g. in a door); getting one's finger pinched; jamming one's finger in a door ➜ 指を詰める
• yakuza finger-cutting ritual

noun:

• pearlscale butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus, Western Pacific species found from Indonesia and the Philippines north to the Ryukyu Islands); Philippines chevron butterflyfish; orange butterflyfish; netted butterflyfish; yellow-tailed butterflyfish

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet
• to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to make up to; to gain someone's trust
• to get in close to one's opponent - Martial Arts, Sumo term

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line - 建ち並ぶ refers to buildings
• to be equal to; to be on a par with ［立ち並ぶ・立並ぶ］

noun:

• law of the country where a person habitually resides or is a national; law applicable to a person or to a person's legal problems

noun:

• meeting one's master for the first time (of a new servant); ceremony at which a new servant has his first audience with his new master - archaism

noun / adjectival noun:

• full of energy; full of liveliness; full of pep - four character idiom