noun:

• fraudulent way of business, cajoling people into buying articles for an extremely high price by claiming they will bring good luck - four character idiom

noun:

• fraudulent way of business, cajoling people into buying articles for an extremely high price by claiming they will bring good luck ➜ 霊感商法

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• having great (impressive, commanding) presence; having an air of importance; having enough gravity for (a position) - four character idiom

expression:

• just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); just (barely) OK - colloquialism Antonym: ギリギリアウト ➜ ぎりぎり・セーフ

expression / ichidan verb:

• to speculate; to make an educated guess; to gamble (e.g. on getting the right questions) ➜ 山を張る

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speculate; to make an educated guess; to gamble (e.g. on getting the right questions) ➜ 山を掛ける

noun:

• examination paper; examination script; answer sheet
• answer (to an exam question)

noun:

• emergency rice feeding; distribution of rice after an emergency

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label

noun:

• looking on from the side; looking on by an outsider

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness) ➜ 伏せる【ふせる】

noun:

• grasping the present situation; having an accurate grasp of the situation - four character idiom

~する noun:

• to make an all-night vigil; to spend a sleepless night - from the name 小室哲哉, as 哲哉 and 徹夜 are read てつや - slang

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to be adopted; to enter a family as an adopted child

noun:

• wing length (esp. of a bird); wingspan (esp. of an aircraft)

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be read like an open book; to be seen through - idiom

noun:

• tuft; tassel

noun / counter:

• bunch (of grapes, etc.)
• section (of an orange, etc.)

noun:

• wish; hope; petition; request
• object of an application; intent of a request - orig. meaning

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)

noun:

• overloading an electrical circuit; piggybacked electrical outlet; "octopus outlet"

expression / ichidan verb:

• to excel in one thing; to be a master in an art

expression:

• there is no place like home; home is sweet to an exile - proverb

expression:

• it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it - proverb