adjective:

• seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone

noun:

• muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking - slang

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business; to be crowded with people - incorrect variant of 賑わう ➜ 賑わう

expression / noun:

• how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio

noun:

• adding a crowning touch of beauty (to); giving added luster (to); crowning beauty (honor, grace) with even greater glory - four character idiom

noun:

• wide turn; detour; the long way around

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to work out; to think up; to devise; to come up with
• to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to employ one's secret weapon; to play one's trump card; to use the ace up one's sleeve - idiom

noun:

• os uteri; cervical os; orifice of the uterus

adjectival noun / noun:

• heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life

noun:

• cutover; cut-over; starting new (IT) equipment; transferring from the old to a new (hardware and/or software) system - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• despising; disdaining; scorning; holding in contempt

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to get a salary (from); to receive a stipend (from); to be on the payroll (of)

noun:

• righteousness; path of righteousness; path of duty; the right track

adverb / ~と adverb:

• huffing and puffing; gasping; with a deep breath - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• going into a huddle (over); holding secret (closed-door) conference (about); laying heads together in secret consultation - four character idiom

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• outspoken; forthright; frank; direct ➜ 歯に衣着せない

expression / adverb:

• incorrigibly; doggedly; in spite of one's negative experiences ➜ 性懲りもない【しょうこりもない】

noun:

• round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• latent; hidden; secret; behind the scenes Antonym: 顕然

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another

noun:

• axe murder incident (Aug. 18, 1976); poplar tree incident; killing of two American army officers by North Korean soldiers in the DMZ

noun:

• entertainment; fun; amusement of the company

noun:

• state of society; social conditions; order of the world

noun:

• way; course; the only way