noun:

• bear's gall (used as medicine for the stomach); bear's bile

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep
• to give (someone) the slip

noun:

• Buddhist missionary, esp. in Jodo, Pure Land, etc. sects; Buddhist minister (in the West)

expression:

• a wise person always follows the right course; a wise man never wavers - four character idiom

noun:

• financial adjustment monies; public finance adjustment reserve funds stipulated in the Local Finance Act

noun:

• refreshing breeze and the bright moon; a beautiful nocturnal scene with a full moon - four character idiom

noun:

• rope weapon with a sickle on one end and a ring on the other

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to rain (drops on the large side); to go to pieces; to be taken apart ➜ ばらばら

expression:

• the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to tip off (e.g. the police); to inform (on); to squeal; to rat

expression:

• all that one has; all that there is; the whole ➜ 有りったけ

noun:

• clocks made in Japan, mainly in the Edo period; clocks that tell Japanese time

noun:

• batten door; battened door; ledged door; strong door with crosspieces placed on the reverse side

noun:

• negative question; question asked in the negative (e.g. "Can't you read Japanese?") - Linguistics term

noun:

• walking about town; stroll around town; walking the streets (e.g. for exercise)

expression:

• when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fess up; to come clean; to confess one's crimes; to spill the beans

expression / noun:

• heavenly voice ➜ 天声
• off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict - idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• one's prosperity being on the rise; one's fortune reaching its culmination - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to smooth with the hand; to stroke; to comb (down)
• to pluck a stringed instrument

noun:

• longing for freedom when tied down; caged bird's longing for the open sky [literal] - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold

noun:

• writing characters in the air with one's behind (by moving one's hips) - colloquialism

noun:

• non-store app; smartphone app not distributed through the official smartphone stores ➜ 野良【のら】

noun:

• non-store app; smartphone app not distributed through the official smartphone stores