expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be hanged; to be struck dead; to eat one's hat - usu. figurative

noun:

• each party; each faction; all sects

ichidan verb:

• to crop; to shear; to cut or trim something evenly; to make all the same length - obscure term

suffix:

• far from; anything but; not at all
• let alone; to say nothing of; not to speak of; much less

adverb:

• powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength - onomatopoeia
• lots of; heaps of; plenty - onomatopoeia

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• recently; not long ago; for a while recently; all the while recently - obsolete term

expression:

• harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; a round egg can be cut into a square [literal] - proverb

adverb:

• in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it ➜ 詰まり【つまり】

expression / adjectival noun / noun:

• flippant; saucy; know-all

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

conjunction:

• and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

~と adverb:

• quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

expression / noun:

• pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

expression:

• it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order - proverb ➜ 跡を濁す【あとをにごす】・立つ鳥跡を濁さず

expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it - proverb

expression / adjective:

• glib; slick (sounds good but no substance); all talk - derogatory term ➜ 調子がいい【ちょうしがいい】
• in good form; in great shape; having things progress well ➜ 調子がいい【ちょうしがいい】

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore) ➜ 轆轤首

expression:

• it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order - proverb ➜ 跡を濁す【あとをにごす】

noun / ~する noun:

• wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)

expression:

• having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves

expression:

• by far; far and away; by all odds

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you

godan ~る verb:

• to cut by rubbing; to wear out; to spend all (one's money)