expression:

• filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents) (from The Classic of Filial Piety)

expression:

• give him an inch and he'll take an ell; give him an inch and he'll take a yard - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to flap; to fly
• to turn over; to flip over
• to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch; to alter; to flip

~する verb (spec.):

• to obey; to submit; to defer; to yield; to abide
• to serve (e.g. in the army, or a sentence in jail (gaol))
• to observe (e.g. mourning) - also pronounced ぶくする
• to drink (tea, medicine, etc.) - also pronounced ぶくする

godan ~す verb:

• to obey; to submit; to defer; to yield; to abide ➜ 服する
• to serve (e.g. in the army, or a sentence in jail (gaol))
• to observe (e.g. mourning)
• to drink (tea, medicine, etc.)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to draw (water); to ladle; to dip up; to scoop up; to pump
• to pour (into a cup); to drink (together) ➜ 酌む【くむ】
• to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit; to understand
• to draw upon; to inherit

noun / ~する noun:

• incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion
• being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength; failing to obtain the desired result - idiom

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】

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

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

adjectival noun / adverb / noun / ~の noun:

• amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic)
• full
• one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat

adverb / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• fully; to capacity - usually written using kana alone
• a lot; much - usually written using kana alone

suffix noun / adverbial noun:

• all of ...; the entire ... - usually written using kana alone

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to dip up
• to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt

noun:

• system
• lineage; ancestry; family line
• group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); party; school (of thought)
• close (evolutionary) relationship
• a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics); strain (e.g. bacterial)

noun:

• variety; kind; type; category

counter:

• counter for different sorts of things

suffix:

• Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss - honorific language

noun / suffix:

• clan

noun:

• he; him - honorific language

counter:

• counter for people - honorific language

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• each time; always; often
• thank you for your continued patronage - abbreviation ➜ 毎度有り難うございます

noun:

• kindness; favor; favour; friendliness
• goodwill; affection; liking (for someone); love

suffix:

• school

noun / counter:

• proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs

noun:

• live coals (for firelighting)
• cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger

noun / ~する noun:

• shortcut

noun:

• short-cut hairstyle for women - From English "short cut"

noun:

• accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band - Music term

noun:

• sake cup ➜ お猪口
• small deep porcelain bowl for serving food

noun:

• sea routes used for transporting oil - From English "oil road"

noun:

• small company headquarters located in Tokyo simply for name value