noun:

• any large, red, deep-water scorpionfish with big eyes
• Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae) ➜ 赤魚鯛

expression:

• like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)

expression / adjective:

• With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good

noun:

• pinky swear; pinky promise; making a pledge by hooking each other's little fingers ➜ 指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本呑ます【ゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのます】・指切り

expression:

• faith is mysterious; through faith, even something trivial (like a pilchard's head) seems valuable - proverb

noun:

• sending off a customer (e.g. to the closest train station)
• sending customers (somebody's way)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration)
• to lower; to reduce; to bring down
• to demote; to move back; to pull back
• to clear (plates); to remove (food, etc. from table or altar)

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be equal to; to be as good as; to be a match for; to rival

noun:

• steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot - 井籠 (rarely 井篭) refers to a square basket
• soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)

godan ~る verb:

• to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions - colloquialism

yodan ~ふ verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to serve (by a superior's side) ［候ふ］ - archaism

auxiliary verb / yodan ~ふ verb (archaic):

• to be - auxiliary used in place of ある after で or に when forming a copula - archaism - polite language
• to do - auxiliary used in place of ます after a -masu stem - archaism - polite language

noun:

• atoll butterflyfish (Chaetodon mertensii); Merten's butterflyfish; keel-finned butterfly-fish; orangebar butterflyfish

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate - slang ➜ 詰める

expression:

• seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words - proverb

expression / adjective:

• not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned - idiom
• having nothing one can do about something; having no options - idiom

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; flaky (as in pastry) - onomatopoeia
• crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; proceeding smoothly - onomatopoeia
• sound of pouring liquid - onomatopoeia - archaism
• speaking clearly - onomatopoeia - archaism

adverb:

• or; otherwise
• furthermore; also
• perhaps; by some chance; possibly - archaism
• that being said; be that as it may - archaism
• however; but - archaism
• not to mention; needless to say - archaism
• as expected; sure enough - archaism
• really; at all - used to express emphatic denial, suspicion, or emotion - archaism

noun:

• girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel) - archaism
• brat; scamp; rascal; jackanapes - archaism - derogatory term ➜ 小童【こわっぱ】
• disciple; apprentice - original meaning - archaism

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told - humble language
• to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to visit - humble language
• to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.) - from 御機嫌を伺う

noun:

• building on the greater palace grounds used by the emperor for viewing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. ➜ 大内裏
• martial arts practice hall at Heian Shrine (est. in 1895 by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, now defunct)

noun:

• desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; underlay
• being pinned under; being caught under; being trapped under; being buried under; being crushed beneath
• model; pattern - often as 〜を下敷きにして

noun:

• cutting pliers; lineman's pliers; combination pliers - From English "pinchers"

noun:

• Labour Party; Labor Party; worker's party

expression:

• You must seize every golden opportunity; Strike while the iron is hot; When you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price - four character idiom

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to contradict ［反する］
• to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to transgress ［反する］
• to oppose; to rebel; to revolt