noun:

• the three worms (in Taoism, worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings) ➜ 庚申待

expression / ichidan verb:

• to greet; to call out (to); to start talking (to)
• to invite; to get in touch (with); to give a shout (to); to let (somebody) know (one is in the area or has time to meet, etc.)
• to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to manage; to control; to maneuver; to steer
• to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument)
• to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
• to manipulate (a person, public opinion, etc.); to pull the strings; to control from the shadows; to mastermind

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom

noun:

• cheap wines and unpalatable dishes (a modest (self-deprecating) way of offering a meal to a guest) - four character idiom

noun:

• staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)

noun:

• simultaneously running for a seat in a single-member constituency and a seat in a proportionally representated constituency

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it
• to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall

expression / noun:

• a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom

noun:

• lipstick that actors put on their earlobes, cheeks and corners of eyes
• lipstick discreetly put on the earlobes or the corners of the eyes (by women)

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a temple; visiting a temple
• joining a temple as a priest or head priest - obscure term

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to continue; to last; to go on
• to continue (without a break); to be unbroken
• to occur again and again
• to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin
• to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to
• to hold out; to keep; to last

expression:

• better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom

pronoun:

• that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it ➜ 何れ・此れ・彼【あれ】
• that time; then
• there (indicating a place near the listener) - archaism
• you - archaism

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap

expression:

• half a loaf is better than none; even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or a building in a classic aristocratic villa ➜ 寝殿造り・向拝

noun:

• votive tablet depicting a math puzzle given in devotion to a shrine or temple by a wasan mathematician ➜ 和算【わさん】

noun:

• style of haikai or haiku from the Tenmei era (based on a return to the style of Basho) ➜ 天明・蕉風
• style of comical tanka from the Tenmei era (popularized by Oota Nampo) ➜ 狂歌

expression:

• something that comes too late and is useless; like a chrysanthemum prepared for the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar for the Chrysanthemum festival but that blooms only on the tenth ➜ 重陽

noun:

• "Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front ➜ 羽織

expression:

• take a long walk off a short pier; go stick your head in a pig; bash your head against the corner of a block of tofu and die [literal]

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow senile; to be childish with age
• to be mentally slow; to be befuddled
• to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
• to become engrossed (in something) ［ほうける］

noun:

• a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section; a tune; note; strain; measure