noun:

• petitioning (an administration) for redress; suing civilly to seek redress (for a court's action); lodging an appeal - Law term

expression:

• good advice is harsh to the ears; honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak through one's tears; to speak with tears in one's eyes

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to shrivel up in fear; to tremble in fear; one's testicles shrivel up [literal]

expression:

• Talented people tend to be of delicate constitution; Men of genius tend to be of delicate health; Whom the gods love die young - four character idiom

adjective:

• dull (e.g. a knife); blunt ［にぶい］
• thickheaded; obtuse; stupid - のろい is usu. in kana
• dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light) ［にぶい］
• slow; sluggish; inert; lethargic
• indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting ［のろい］

noun:

• clearance (e.g. clearance sale); selling off; selling out; sellout
• selling (accepting only a single payment)
• bond transaction not subject to repurchase

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath

adverb:

• as if to say; as much as to say; as though

expression:

• It is hard to explain; It is hard to say

noun:

• realism (as opposed to idealism) ➜ 観念論
• realism (as opposed to nominalism) ➜ 唯名論

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go with the flow; to go with the times - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to stretch one's arms; to elongate one's arms - obscure term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with) ➜ 見える【まみえる】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to realize one's error; to realize one's errors

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to get too familiar with; to become too familiar with

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to lose one's composure; to lose one's temper

expression / ichidan verb:

• to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high

noun:

• appointment or dismissal conjecturally reported in the media (esp. when the conjecture turned out to be wrong); announcement of an appointment that turns out to be mere press speculation - four character idiom

expression:

• expresses shock at misbehaviour of a youngster; what must his parents be like?; I'd like to see his parents' faces [literal]

noun:

• first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old) ➜ 宮参り

noun / ~する noun:

• bowing respectfully with one's hands clasped in front of one's chest - obscure term
• abdication of an emperor to a successor (China) - archaism