noun / ~する noun:

• pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arms length; giving a wide berth
• avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from
• giving the batter an "intentional walk" - Baseball term

noun:

• canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); hood
• helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle

expression:

• along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money - slang - abbreviation ➜ 鴨がねぎを背負って来る
• double stroke of good luck; Perfect timing!; How convenient (for you to show up)!

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on
• to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

noun:

• shower effect (theory that placing high-selling items on the upper floors of a department store will lead to increased sales in the lower floors) ➜ 噴水効果

adverb:

• sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole) - onomatopoeia
• easily
• suddenly
• completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly
• disappointing
• curling up into the fetal position; going to sleep suddenly

noun:

• vine; bine; tendril; runner
• bow; temple arm; sidepiece; lug arm; earpiece; part of a pair of glasses that goes over the ear
• connections; contacts; influence; financial supporter

noun:

• device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play - archaism ➜ 田楽豆腐
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides

expression:

• spoiling someone's work; useless effort; laboring in vain; labouring in vain; if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up [literal]

noun:

• turnover (of possession) - Sports term
• (metabolic) turnover
• egg cooked on both sides; eggs over easy - From English
• number of strokes in a set time or distance (swimming) - Sports term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to slash back
• to strike back; to counterattack; to retort
• to cut the wheel
• to perform a twisting backward knee trip - Sumo term ➜ 切り返し

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to rumble; to thunder; to roll about (people, large objects) ➜ ごろごろ・ごろごろ
• to wander about without a fixed workplace, home, etc.; to hang around; to loiter ➜ ごろごろ

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table) - sometimes written 掛ける

noun:

• Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell
• spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell) - abbreviation ➜ 貝独楽

godan ~む verb:

• to become sick; to be struck by a disaster; to hinder; to be hindered; to run into problems; to have an accident - archaism

noun:

• achieving over 300 runs, hitting over 30 home runs and stealing over 30 bases in a season - Baseball term - From English "triple three"

expression / noun:

• true love; deep love; love for someone so deep that it can reach a crow perched on that person's roof

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cry wine and sell vinegar; to do deceptive advertisement; to put up a sheep's head and sell dog meat [literal] - idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be moved back (e.g. date, rank, order); to be postponed Antonym: 繰り上がる【くりあがる】
• to be borrowed (of a number in subtraction) - Mathematics term ➜ 繰り上がる【くりあがる】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness
• to be astounded; to astonished
• to have a busy time; to be hectic

noun:

• ornamental garden stone (seemingly placed randomly to give the garden a more natural appearance)
• sacrificed stone (in the game of go) ➜ 捨て駒

noun:

• humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits - honorific language - polite language ➜ 機嫌
• safety; health; well-being; one's situation - honorific language - polite language

adjectival noun:

• in a good mood; in high spirits; happy; cheery; merry; chipper

noun:

• traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets ➜ 羽織
• livery coat ➜ 印半纏
• half the sky ［半天］
• mid-air; middle of the sky ［半天］

adverb:

• chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth) - onomatopoeia
• binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow) - onomatopoeia
• rotating quickly - onomatopoeia
• hurting sharply - onomatopoeia
• briskly; quickly; promptly; at once; right away - onomatopoeia

noun:

• mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō - pun on あほだら and 陀羅尼経 ➜ あほだら