noun / ~する noun:

• wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours - proverb ➜ 魚心あれば水心

noun / ~する noun:

• staying at home or indoors; living in seclusion; retirement

expression / ~の noun:

• currently popular; in fashion; trendy

noun / ~する noun:

• making sport of; making a plaything of; toying with; trifling with; ridicule; mockery

noun / ~の noun:

• lower leg; lower part of the body; lower limbs Antonym: 上体

expression / ichidan verb:

• to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept

expression:

• after all; in the end; in short

noun:

• wait-and-see; sitting on the fence; waiting to see which way the wind blows

noun:

• brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; Norway rat
• dark grey (colour, color); dark gray
• secret evil-doer

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go first; to take the lead; to lead the way

noun:

• getting frightened even by a slight noise; hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles; being afraid of one's own shadow - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be factually incorrect; to differ from the actual facts; to not be the case

noun:

• hardship now, pleasure later; seeking pleasure only after dealing with difficulties; seeking pleasure only after the happiness of the people is assured (a precept to be observed by a ruler) - four character idiom

expression:

• like this; in this way; as you see

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate
• to play the first move (e.g. in go)

noun:

• private-sphere language; language used in every day life; dialect - Linguistics term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be fooled by something; to be taken in; to fall for a trick

ichidan verb:

• to hold onto (for a long period); to persist in; to maintain

noun:

• (head priest of) temple formerly led by founder of sect; temple in which resided a member of nobility or imperial family; (head priest of) Honganji (temple in Kyoto)

noun / ~する noun:

• quantification; expressing in numerical form; conversion to numerical form

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to approve (of); to be in favor of; to be in favour of

noun / adjectival noun:

• free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling - four character idiom

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to feel depressed; to be in low spirits; to mope ➜ 塞ぐ【ふさぐ】

noun:

• tidying a garden; sweeping the yard; garden work