noun:

• pattern; figure; design
• state; condition
• conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems
• model; pattern; example
• indicates that something seems likely (e.g. rain or storm) - after a noun
• framework (in go); territorial framework; moyo

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to finish; to get it over with; to conclude
• to settle; to pay back
• to get along (without something); to make do with (without) - often with で ➜ なしで済ます

noun:

• beast (i.e. any animal other than man)
• person reborn into the animal realm - Buddhism term ➜ 畜生道
• brute (i.e. a contemptible human being)

interjection:

• damn it; damn; Christ; for Christ's sake - usually written using kana alone

expression:

• if everyone crosses against the red light, then there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to motivate oneself
• to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse

noun / ~する noun:

• looking up while hitting the ball; keeping one's chin up and not looking at the ball while hitting it - Sports term - From English "head up"

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest - idiom

conjunction:

• or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean - colloquialism ➜ と言うか

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手の考え休むに似たり

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手な考え休むに似たり

expression:

• not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal]

expression:

• not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal] ➜ いたちの道

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pass (time); to spend
• to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol)
• to take care of; to support - archaism

godan ~す verb / auxiliary verb:

• to overdo; to do too much
• to ... without acting on it

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to tie up; to tie together; to bind; to bundle; to fasten
• to hang (oneself) - also written as 縊る ➜ 首を括る
• to summarize; to put (it all) together; to consolidate
• to estimate; to expect ➜ 高を括る
• to tie-dye ➜ 括り染め
• to detain; to check; to restrain - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• straining; draining

noun:

• drainer; strainer; colander
• cutwater (on ship); forefoot; drip (on building); flashing; throating; starling (on bridge)
• stone skipping; skipping rocks; ducks and drakes

noun / ~する noun:

• snipping the stem of a cut flower without raising it out of water

expression:

• like it or not; like or not like - usu. 〜...ない, etc. ➜ 好き嫌い【すききらい】

expression / adverb:

• just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; in the time it takes to say "ah!" [literal]

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get back to normal; to get back into one's stride; to get back into the swing of it

expression:

• trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease - four character idiom

expression:

• the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...

noun:

• steamed rice (esp. cold rice reheated by steaming it)
• mochi rice with red beans steamed in a steaming basket; rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions) ➜ こわめし

expression:

• avarice brings doom upon oneself; if a hawk-eagle tries to catch two boars at once, the boars will try to run in opposite directions, splitting the hawk-eagle into two and killing it - proverb

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

expression:

• having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way