expression:

• spoiling someone's work; useless effort; laboring in vain; labouring in vain; if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up [literal]

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; to take in; to dupe; to deceive

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to think up a plan; to think over a plan
• to discuss; to consult

godan ~す verb:

• to soak; to saturate; to suckle; to make one hold something in the mouth; to include; to instruct; to make one understand

adverb / ~の noun:

• some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment

adverb:

• root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all

expression / adjective:

• unperceived; unnoticed; unnoted; out-of-the-way; out of sight; inconspicuous; private ➜ 人目につく【ひとめにつく】

noun:

• applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party

expression / adverb:

• after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to turn over a new leaf; to go straight - idiom
• to wash one's feet

expression:

• state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; half-killing a snake [literal]

suffix:

• charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk - 掛 is often used for government offices, railways, etc. ➜ 係【かかり】・掛かり【かかり】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to get along; to hit it off; to be on the same page; to work well together; to synchronize

noun:

• worldly affairs; everyday affairs; common cares; routine work; daily chores

pre-noun adjectival:

• ideal; desirable; the way something should be; target; goal

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious; alarming

adverb:

• any; at all; in the least; even in a slight degree; ever

expression / adjective:

• creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring; weird ➜ 気味が悪い【きみがわるい】

expression:

• moreover; besides; in addition; on top of; to make matters worse

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever - idiom

noun:

• clumsy person; bungler; person with no particular talents (in performing arts); nondrinker; nonsmoker - four character idiom

noun:

• corner; turn; bend in the road; curve; turning point

adverb:

• anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison - idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list