expression / godan ~う verb:

• to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for

noun:

• contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

noun:

• Northern Di people; northern barbarians; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non- ethnic Chinese to the north - archaism - derogatory term

suffix noun:

• keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use - negative nuance, with the state being improper, unpleasant, etc. ➜ っ放し

noun:

• moving shallow; spawning run; movement of fish from deep to shallow water during the spawning season

expression / noun:

• backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; the far-off bark of a retreating dog [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• base isolation; seismic base isolation; base isolating; vibration damping at the base of a building

noun:

• land speculation; real-estate speculation; speculation in land

noun:

• communicating while drinking (usu. with colleagues); communicating through drinking together; boozing with work people - from 飲み and コミュニケーション

expression:

• cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants ➜ 仕打ち

~よい adjective:

• attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat; with-it; groovy

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits - four character idiom ➜ 揚々

noun:

• décolleté; décolletage; the part of a woman's chest and back exposed by a low neckline - From French
• robe décolletée; low-cut dress - abbreviation - From French ➜ ローブデコルテ

noun / ~の noun:

• low-cut (neckline style); décolleté - From French

expression / adverb:

• one more; another; the other ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
• not quite; not very good ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be famous; to be celebrated; to be worthy of the name - emphatic form of 名に負う ➜ 名に負う【なにおう】

~と adverb / adverb:

• flutter; flap; sound of something light moving in the wind - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / adverb:

• such; like that; in that way - Kansai dialect

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell; to blow the war horn ➜ ほら貝【ほらがい】

noun / ~する noun:

• going about immersed or absorbed; pacing back and forth meditatively; being deep in thought

noun:

• enterprise union; company union; in-house union ➜ 企業別組合

adverb:

• anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may

noun:

• cellar; cave; hole in the ground

pre-noun adjectival:

• egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top ➜ 酷い【ひどい】