expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; to make (grind) one's body into dust [literal] - idiom ➜ 身を粉にする【みをこにする】

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; to make (grind) one's body into dust [literal]

noun:

• Collections of the Twenty-One Eras; twenty-one collections of waka compiled by imperial command (early Heian to early Muromachi) ➜ 勅撰和歌集

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to rub; to crumple
• to massage
• to argue; to have a heated discussion
• to train; to coach
• to jostle; to crowd; to shake; to rock
• to have various experiences (out in the world) - as もまれる

noun / ~する noun:

• branch family; cadet family; setting up a branch family
• leaving one's employer to set up a new shop with the same name ➜ 暖簾分け

noun:

• separate house - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• ideal
• ideal in a ring (i.e. subset of a ring closed under addition and multiplication by elements of the ambient ring) - Mathematics term

noun:

• all green; winning hand consisting only of exclusively green tiles (green dragons and suited bamboo tiles of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8) - Mahjong term - From Chinese

expression:

• don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep [literal] - proverb

expression:

• don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility) - proverb

adverb:

• still more; even more; all the more
• still less; even less - with neg. verb

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a rest under a tree; to rest in the shade of a tree

noun:

• 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival ➜ 于蘭盆
• mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts ➜ お中元

noun:

• red poetry ribbon card (in hanafuda) ➜ 花札
• the three red poetry ribbon cards (high-scoring combination in hanafuda)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cast amorous glances at a man (of a woman); to make eyes at; to give (someone) the eye; to make advances

noun:

• bright red tinged with yellow
• variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region) ➜ 川越芋

expression:

• this, that and the other; this and that

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be sufficient; to be enough
• to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve - in the form に足りる after a verb ➜ 取るに足りない
• to do (the job); to serve; to answer

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be sufficient; to be enough ➜ 足りる
• to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve - in the form に足る after a verb
• to do (the job); to serve; to answer

expression:

• to get a tiny share of the profits; to get a small share of what someone is enjoying

expression:

• only a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans [literal] - proverb - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• participation in government
• state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor ➜ 太政官
• vice-minister (early Meiji period)
• Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor

noun:

• the rounds of tradesmen going door to door
• route man; door-to-door tradesman; order taker; order-taking
• thief taker; secret policeman ➜ 岡っ引き

noun / adjectival noun:

• being proven guilty of a crime; having one's guilt for a crime made clear; (the) nature of offense being (becoming) clear - four character idiom

noun:

• bad deed which ultimately results in the creation of a good Buddhist - Buddhism term
• older person conducting a funeral service for a younger relative, in particular, a parent for a child

noun:

• Griffiths' pygmy-goby (Trimma griffithsi, found in the Indo-West Pacific); princess pygmy goby (Trimma marinae, found in Japan, New Guinea and Palau)