expression:

• better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow [literal] - proverb

expression:

• dignified without being overbearing; being dignified, and moreover warm, as such one is gentle ➜ 威ありて猛からず【いありてたけからず】

noun / ~する noun:

• intoxication
• being carried away by; being enraptured by

expression / noun:

• mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to push; to press ［押す］
• to apply pressure from above; to press down ［押す・圧す］
• to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal ［押す・捺す］ ➜ 判を押す
• to affix (e.g. gold leaf) ［押す］
• to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel; to influence ［押す］
• to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress ［押す・圧す］
• to push (events along); to advance (a plan) ［押す］
• to do in spite of ...; to do even though ...; to force ［押す］
• to make sure ［押す］ ➜ 念を押す【ねんをおす】・駄目を押す【だめをおす】
• to be pressed for time ［押す］
• to advance troops; to attack ［押す］
• (of light) to be diffused across an entire surface ［押す］

noun:

• candlelight service (e.g. in a church)
• ceremony during a wedding reception where the bride and the groom go from table to table lighting a candle at each

noun:

• unstitched, open side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such an open side - abbreviation ➜ 縫腋
• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran ➜ 闕腋の袍

particle:

• from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
• from (originator); by
• because; since - follows verbs, adjectives
• out of (constituent, part)
• through (e.g. window, vestibule)
• after; since - following the te-form of a verb

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to pickle thoroughly; to pickle a large amount

expression:

• yes or no; yes-no; all or nothing

noun:

• method of dyeing, developed in Okinawa, in which a single stencil is used to produce richly polychromatic designs; traditional dyed cloth from Okinawa

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of bubbles (or other small objects) being popped - onomatopoeia
• lumpy sensation (e.g. of food) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• little bits; small grains
• bubble wrap (trademark of Kawakami Sangyo Co.) ［プチプチ］ ➜ 気泡緩衝材

noun / suffix noun:

• edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road) - sometimes べり as a suffix
• rim; brim; hem; margin; fringe; selvage
• fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging

noun:

• hourglass economy; economy having large upper and lower classes and a small middle class

noun:

• raspberry (any plant of genus Rubus, esp. Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus)

noun / ~の noun:

• daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
• ham actor - abbreviation ➜ 大根役者

noun:

• Parapoxvirus (genus of large oval shaped DNA based viruses in the family Poxviridae)

noun:

• large-scale, long-running TV series (esp. of period pieces produced by NHK) ➜ 大河小説

expression:

• dignified without being overbearing; being dignified, and moreover warm, as such one is gentle ➜ 威有って猛からず【いあってたけからず】

noun:

• sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no substance - four character idiom

expression:

• taking care of everything; no need to do anything

expression:

• no concern of mine; nothing to do with me ➜ 関する

expression:

• no concern of mine; nothing to do with me ➜ 我関せず

noun / ~する noun:

• being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• personalization; personalisation; product stopping being a luxury item