noun:

• office; official - usu. 官,司,寮 - archaism
• chief; head - usu. 首,長
• (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies ［司］

expression / adjective:

• having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret Antonym: 口が堅い ➜ 口の軽い

particle:

• particle used to indicate that what precedes it is an extreme example and strongly negates it ➜ どころか

expression / noun:

• things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture)
• to copy out (a text)

prefix:

• sub-
• -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite

expression:

• forming; comprising; making up ➜ 為す【なす】

adverb / interjection:

• why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for ➜ 如何して【どうして】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train)
• to change one's mind; to move on to (e.g. a new love interest); to change methods; to change one's way of thinking

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow; to observe; to conform to; to yield to
• to follow (a person); to accompany; to go with
• to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
• to serve (as); to engage in (work)

expression:

• it is easier to do something than worry about it; the anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face; fear overruns the danger; an attempt is sometimes easier than expected; it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it [literal] - proverb

expression:

• It is justifiable to kill one (harmful) person to save the lives of many - four character idiom

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to hit (a person); to strike; to beat
• to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)

noun:

• a la mode - From French

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to point
• to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person
• to identify; to indicate; to point out
• to play (a game of shogi); to move (a piece) - Shōgi term
• to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance) ➜ 差す

expression:

• two is a company, three is a crowd; one companion is better than two - proverb

expression:

• a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it [literal] - proverb ➜ 井の中の蛙大海を知らず【いのなかのかわずたいかいをしらず】・井蛙【せいあ】

expression:

• poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb

noun:

• awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior) - idiom

noun / ~する noun / intransitive verb:

• looking up to a person as one's own master or model; being influenced by a person through his works; idolizing

godan ~る verb:

• to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back

expression / ichidan verb:

• to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

noun:

• what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.) - usu. as 〜のいい

adverb / interjection:

• why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for ➜ どうやって

expression:

• zeal is a bad servant; the person who chases a deer does not see the mountain [literal] - proverb