noun:

• times and situations; the course of events of the times; a turn of Fortune's wheel - four character idiom

interjection / noun / ~する noun:

• facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue - from 赤目 ➜ 赤目【あかべ】

noun:

• jockey's racing uniform
• one's best clothes (esp. for women), normally put aside for important meetings, dates, etc. - colloquialism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name ➜ 騙る【かたる】

noun:

• three shop system; system employed by pachinko parlours of using separate shops to exchange prizes for cash as a way of circumventing Japan's gambling laws

noun:

• (a) mood; (a) smile or a frown - four character idiom

expression:

• a dime a dozen; two a penny

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be at wit's end; to be at a loss for what to do

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to attract someone's affection
• to sound out somebody
• to get one's hooks into

noun:

• news (from somebody); letter; contact
• (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements

ichidan verb:

• to carry in one's own hands; to carry in a manner that is obvious to others - colloquialism ➜ 提げる【さげる】

expression / noun:

• why-why analysis; method of questioning that leads to the identification of the root cause(s) of a problem

noun:

• (over) a great distance; (a long journey (flight, voyage)) to (from) a faraway place - four character idiom

noun:

• bright red table grape, a cross between a Flame Tokay and a Neo Muscat

noun:

• two people riding in a palanquin together (esp. a man and a woman) - archaism

noun:

• earthenware toy portraying a monkey sitting on top of a deer (often a bell)

noun:

• decorating the alcove of a tea room with a hanging scroll and flowers (in more formal tea ceremonies, during only the first and second half respectively)
• style of decorating a traditional Japanese room (esp. a study) in which incense, a pair of vases and a pair of candlesticks are placed on a table in front of a trio of hanging scrolls - orig. meaning

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to ride past (one's stop); to overshoot
• to climb over; to get over ➜ 乗り越える
• to overtake (in a vehicle); to pass

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to expose

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to open up (of clothing); to be exposed

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); to stretch - archaism

expression:

• God's gift; God's blessing; grace of God; godsend

noun:

• Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta ➜ 大歌
• ditty; ballad; short, hummable, popular tune from Muromachi era to early Edo era ➜ 小唄・端唄
• kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
• noh kouta; unusual style of noh song based on the Muromachi songs

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose one's marbles
• to lose consciousness

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to waive one's right; to waive a right

noun:

• canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); hood
• helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle

noun:

• one's home; one's house