expression:

• third climate of spring (when the ice breaks and fish start appearing near the surface) ➜ 七十二候

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

expression:

• rubbernecking; the thrill of looking at something scary or unpleasant and wanting to look at it all the more because it is scary or unpleasant

noun:

• sky; the heavens ➜ 下土
• God; the Lord; the Creator; the Supreme Being
• ascension (into heaven)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to come off; to slip down; to slip off

godan ~す verb:

• to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell

noun:

• Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

expression / noun:

• the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)

noun:

• obi that is not tied but merely wrapped around the body

noun:

• the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way

noun:

• traveling clothes; travelling clothes; military uniform

noun:

• everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear ➜ 普段着【ふだんぎ】

noun:

• straggling hair; hair too short to be tied or arranged with the rest of the hair (typically around the sideburns); lovelock ➜ 後れ毛

noun:

• within the borders of a country; domestic soil
• inland area
• Japan proper, as opposed to its overseas colonies; interior of country; homeland - used during the WWII era
• (in Hokkaido and Okinawa) the "mainland" parts of Japan (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu)

expression:

• waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; When the sky falls, we shall catch larks - four character idiom

expression:

• "the shoemaker's children go barefoot" [figurative]; the dyer wears white [literal]; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves

noun / ~の noun:

• civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti

noun:

• plainclothes police officer - abbreviation ➜ 私服刑事

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out; to cut down; to amputate

expression:

• when it's important; when it comes to the crunch; when push comes to shove; when it comes to the point; in one's hour of need; at the critical moment ➜ いざ

expression / interjection:

• Homage to the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha) - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝【さんぼう】

noun:

• bathtub placed on the roadside and rented to customers

expression / ichidan verb:

• the skies open up; to rain cats and dogs

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way