expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage - idiom ➜ 災い転じて福となす【わざわいてんじてふくとなす】

noun:

• many monsters, spirits, etc. forming a line and walking through the night - four character idiom
• veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about presenting a most scandalous sight

noun:

• young person who stays in their (non-metropolitan) hometown after graduation, drives a car, etc. (unlike the majority who moves to a larger city and commutes by train) ➜ ヤンキー

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to employ one's secret weapon; to play one's trump card; to use the ace up one's sleeve - idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out
• to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out

expression:

• fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk - proverb

noun:

• crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people)
• netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net
• slingshot; catapult

noun:

• flower arrangement in a built-up style
• placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt ［もりばな］ ➜ 盛り塩
• seasonal peak of flowers ［せいか］

noun:

• someone unable to fulfil their shopping needs (esp. in areas of depopulation or due to lack of transport); people who have been cut off from the retail sector; shopping refugee [literal]

expression:

• honey is sweet, but the bee stings; I would like to taste fugu, but I value my life [literal]; hesitating from doing something because of fear of consequences - proverb ➜ フグ

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to bring up; to come out with
• to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to bridle
• to get the better of
• to control; to command

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude
• to rise out the trap door (on stage)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability

expression:

• not distinguishing between what's good and bad; not knowing chalk from cheese; mixing good and bad together; shit and miso are the same [literal] - idiom

noun:

• method of awarding rare in-game items in mobile games only when the player has bought a full set of other in-game items ➜ ガチャ

noun:

• method of awarding rare in-game items in mobile games only when the player has bought a full set of other in-game items - abbreviation ➜ ガチャ・コンプリートガチャ

noun:

• from the area (e.g. person or goods)
• local trader; local merchant
• street tough; hoodlum controlling a territory (e.g. red light district, amusement area)

noun:

• pot of chicken or seafood, and vegetables in a dashi broth, usu. cooked at the table (traditionally a winter meal); seafood and vegetable stew or chowder ➜ 寄せ

noun:

• user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously) - slang - abbreviation ➜ 固定ハンドル
• user who uses a online handle (instead of posting anonymously); namefag - slang - abbreviation ➜ 固定ハンドル

expression:

• going well together; good combination - idiom

noun:

• family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle
• design featuring bamboo and sparrows (motif in Japanese painting)

noun:

• valuation; estimation; assessment; evaluation; rating

~する noun:

• to value; to assess; to rate; to estimate value
• to appreciate; to value highly; to acknowledge the value (of something)

expression:

• it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ➜ 訳ではない

noun / ~の noun:

• under the wing (esp. of an aircraft)
• under one's wing; under one's control