expression:

• like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; eggplants don't grow on gourd vines [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes
• to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

godan ~く verb:

• to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end

expression / ichidan verb:

• to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to roast - idiom ➜ 灸を据える
• to burn moxa on the skin - orig. meaning ➜ 灸を据える

noun:

• lei (garland of flowers) - From Hawaiian
• lei (plural of leu; currency of Rumania and Moldova) - From or ➜ レウ

noun:

• unit of weight ~600g - archaism
• pound (unit of mass: 453.6g) - archaism

noun / counter:

• loaf (of bread)

adjectival noun / noun:

• lack of refinement; inelegance; want of artistic taste; lack of poetic sense ➜ 没風流

noun:

• lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority
• second volume (of two); third volume (of three) Antonym: 上【じょう】 ➜ 下巻

noun:

• standard datum of geographic coordinates; point of origin of longitude and latitude; geodetic datum

expression / ichidan verb:

• to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to roast - idiom
• to burn moxa on the skin - orig. meaning

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to knock or scare (someone) out of his or her wits; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound; to take (someone) aback

noun:

• turnip-shaped whistle made of hollowed-out wood or deer horn (attached to an arrow to sound when fired) - abbreviation ➜ 蕪
• arrow with such a whistle attached ➜ 鏑矢

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take care of some business; to go on an errand
• to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet

adjectival noun:

• safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear; all right; alright; OK; okay

adverb:

• certainly; surely; undoubtedly

interjection / adjectival noun:

• no thanks; I'm good; that's alright - colloquialism

noun:

• great man; fine figure of a man ［だいじょうぶ］ - archaism ➜ 大丈夫【だいじょうふ】

noun:

• black-spot surgeonfish (Acanthurus bariene, species of tang found from Mozambique and Maldives to the western Pacific); roundspot surgeonfish; bariene surgeonfish; eye-spot surgeon

expression:

• it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Buddhist saint; man of high repute; guest of honor; guest of honour

noun / ~する noun:

• self-removal of stitches (esp. of pets, animals); self-extraction of sutures ➜ 抜糸

noun:

• standard of conduct; code of behavior; moral code; culture (of an organization)

expression / noun:

• number of possible outcomes; number of ways (e.g. of arranging something)

noun:

• Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

noun:

• relocation (of a facility); moving establishment

~する noun:

• to relocate; to move into place; to put into place; to adapt; to affix; to install

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone
• to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding

noun:

• large, perforated, turnip-shaped arrowhead cover made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia or paulownia; harmless arrow affixed with such a cover (that whistles when shot and is used to drive off evil spirits) - abbr. of 響目

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard