expression / ichidan verb:

• to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options
• to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools ➜ 両天秤を掛ける

noun:

• trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist
• plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)
• frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to leave one's home (behind one); to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to be out on one's own

noun:

• Shoki the Plague-Queller; Zhong Kui (traditional Chinese deity said to prevent plagues and ward off evil beings); vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons
• Shoki (WWII fighter aircraft)

noun:

• (of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents - sensitive
• (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later
• (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port

noun:

• stitched side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such a stitched side ➜ 襴・闕腋
• robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials

noun:

• red; crimson; scarlet
• red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
• Red (i.e. communist) - often written as アカ - colloquialism
• red light (traffic) - abbreviation ➜ 赤信号
• red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red - abbreviation ➜ 赤字・赤字

~の noun:

• complete; total; perfect; obvious ➜ 赤の他人

noun:

• copper ［赤］ ➜ 銅【どう】

noun:

• method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pull up; to drag up; to lift up
• to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes)
• to withdraw; to leave; to pull out; to retire
• to promote (someone to a higher position)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to return home

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to expedite the schedule - archaism

noun:

• staying the night (of an itinerant priest in Zen buddhism); itinerant priest's lodging - Buddhism term
• providing a room for an itinerant priest so that he may meditate for a long period of time - Buddhism term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to greet; to call out (to); to start talking (to)
• to invite; to get in touch (with); to give a shout (to); to let (somebody) know (one is in the area or has time to meet, etc.)
• to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to contend for

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to go after (a prize, record, etc.)
• to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom)
• to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to move (house); to transfer (department)
• to change the target of interest or concern
• to elapse (passage of time)
• to be permeated by a colour or scent
• to be infected; to be contagious; to spread (as in fire) - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~する noun:

• performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written - four character idiom
• doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution)
• put-up job; charade
• sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it
• to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall

expression:

• leave no room for scandal; don't do anything that can be misinterpreted; don't straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums) [literal] - proverb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to nuzzle against (e.g. dog nosing a person)
• to lay the blame on ［なすりつける］
• to strike (a match) ［すりつける・こすりつける］

expression:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action ➜ 目の上のこぶ

noun:

• beginning and end

noun / ~する noun:

• doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end

adverb:

• from beginning to end; the whole time; throughout; consistently

expression:

• a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband

expression:

• right triumphs over wrong, law triumphs over right, power triumphs over law, heaven triumphs over power; no man can oppose the divine - banner used by 14th century samurai Kusunoki Masashige - proverb

particle:

• denotes uncertainty ➜ とやら
• such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like; A and B and whatnot - as ＡやらＢやら...

adverb / ~する noun:

• for a moment; for a minute

adverb:

• for a while; for some time
• for the time being; for now

interjection:

• it's been a long time; long time no see

noun:

• Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE) - honorific language
• The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC) ➜ 孫子の兵法
• Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)