expression:

• might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong - proverb

noun:

• thin, soft membrane inside the tip of a bamboo culm; silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot ➜ 絹皮【きぬかわ】

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a track (of a train); arrival of a train (at a platform)
• passing the post (horseracing); crossing the finish line

noun:

• orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus
• mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being) ［しゃち］ - abbreviation ➜ 鯱【しゃちほこ】

noun:

• ethics; moral philosophy
• (the study of) Confucianism (esp. neo-Confucianism)
• (the study of) Taoism
• Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised) ➜ 石門心学

noun:

• bottom of the sleeve - archaism
• height of the sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)
• secret; secret bribe ➜ 袖の下

noun / ~する noun:

• waxing and waning of the moon; phase of the moon - Astronomy term ➜ 盈虧
• rising and falling (of fortune)

noun / ~する noun:

• the same ship; taking the same ship

noun:

• bizarre literature; the literature of the bizarre - four character idiom

noun:

• the world of music; the music world

noun:

• well up in both literary and military (martial) arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen - four character idiom

noun:

• fount of knowledge; the smart one (of a group of people); brains - idiom
• bag full of wisdom; bag containing all the world's wisdom

expression / adverb:

• to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to extract (e.g. a passage from a book); to make an excerpt

noun / ~する noun:

• please accept (this); used to refer to another's acceptance of one's present - humble language ➜ ご笑納・つまらない物ですが

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)

godan ~う verb:

• to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to ration out and survive on (some food)
• to eke out a living

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with

expression:

• to know one has enough; to be satisfied with one's lot in life - idiom

noun:

• chopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish ➜ 取り皿

expression / adjective:

• to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of

noun:

• walker (used by old people to assist them to walk); walking machine; walking frame

~と adverb / adverb:

• wet and glistening; slimy; slippery

~する noun:

• to have a sheen; to be slimy