noun:

• traffic accident caused by a driver thanking another driver for letting him go first at a junction

expression:

• in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to say by mistake; to make a slip of the tongue

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to say by mistake; to make a slip of the tongue

noun:

• fight; scuffle
• walking about; walking around
• conducting oneself
• stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to grab a person by his vulnerable spot; to curry favour with one's superior; to curry favor with one's superior

noun:

• food (on a table) (esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant) ➜ 膳
• cook; chef; person who prepares food

noun / ~する noun:

• evacuating to the homes of one's relatives in the countryside in wartime

noun:

• Golden Globe Award; Golden Globe Awards

godan ~る verb:

• to win (a race) by a wide margin
• to slash though something; to tear (off)

expression:

• one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study; one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use; one cannot know the delicious taste of fine food without eating it [literal] - proverb

noun:

• principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol
• the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter - humorous term

noun:

• date of execution (e.g. of a contract); agreement date (e.g. of a contract); entering date (e.g. into treaty)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a whack; with a thump - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; gaping; flabbergasted - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• vacantly; blankly; absentmindedly - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• gaping (of a hole, etc.); suddenly opening - onomatopoeia

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to vie with one's opponent

noun / ~の noun:

• (in) general; broad (e.g. knowledge); the basics ➜ 一通り揃う
• ordinary; usual; common

adverb:

• briefly; roughly

noun:

• one method

adverb / ~と adverb:

• snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと
• (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと

noun:

• principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol
• the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter - humorous term

adverb / ~の noun / noun:

• two at a time; two by two; in twos

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; to straighten the horns and kill the cow [literal] - idiom

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

noun:

• long interlude (in folk songs or koto music)
• wiles (e.g. used by a prostitute to lure customers); finesse; trick

noun:

• Shiranui style of grand champion's ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term

noun:

• former grand champion's 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term ➜ 還暦横綱手数入り【かんれきよこづなでずいり】

noun:

• former grand champion's 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term