ichidan verb / transitive:

• to count on one's fingers
• to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to

expression / ichidan verb:

• to establish a lead
• to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate

expression:

• A cornered rat will bite the cat; One who is cornered will fight like a devil - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move) - four character idiom

noun:

• head and body

suffix:

• heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long - after a number

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make oneself popular without any regard to others; to take all the credit to oneself

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone

noun:

• long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face

expression:

• I am writing to you; I am (taking the liberty of) getting in touch with you - template phrase used in business writing - polite language

noun:

• Ise Shinto (school of Shinto established the Watarai family priests of Ise Jingu's Outer Shrine)

noun:

• left-hand match; begins-with match; matching a sub-string with the beginning of a field - IT term ➜ 部分一致・後方一致

noun:

• modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth; to be brutally honest

noun:

• elementary school (esp. the elementary school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); primary school

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false

expression / noun:

• seven-day workweek; working every day of the week; Mon-Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri-Fri [literal] - humorous term

noun:

• namesake program; namesake show; TV or radio program named after the main performer or a sponsor

expression:

• what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

adverbial noun / noun:

• in these times; in times like these; the season being what it is

noun:

• pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn; song in praise of the Buddha - Buddhism term

noun:

• by virtue of one's office; in the nature of one's duties

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to let loose something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the field [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to skim the scum from broth or liquid; to skim (a liquid) ➜ 灰汁