expression:

• rejecting the advances of women is a man's shame; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame [literal] - proverb ➜ 据え膳【すえぜん】

noun:

• arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.
• otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish) - orig. meaning

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest - idiom

expression:

• like water off a duck's back; water on a frog's face [literal]

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to lurk on a forum; to read a forum without posting messages - from ロム: Read-Only Member - slang ➜ ＲＯＭ【ロム】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang over; to cover
• to take on a responsibility; to become a burden

noun:

• exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text
• study of biblical interpretation

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang over; to cover
• to take on a responsibility; to become a burden

expression:

• pull yourself together; get a grip; get a hold of yourself; come on

noun:

• tire track
• traces of a person or thing; path one has taken
• locus - Mathematics term

noun:

• playboy; libertine; profligate; debauchee
• (professional) gambler
• person without a steady job; idler; freeloader

noun:

• telephone number at which person without a phone can be reached

noun:

• feel; touch
• impression (of a person)
• most impressive passage; highlight; punch line - orig. meaning
• beginning - colloquialism

noun:

• get-well card (gift, letter) - four character idiom
• visit to (inquiry after) a sick person

expression:

• worthless (of a person); somebody who wouldn't be missed if they died - vulgar ➜ くたばる

noun:

• person who judges which god or spirit has taken possession of a miko - archaism - obscure term - Shintō term

noun:

• ruffian; scamp; hooligan
• out-of-work person; day laborer without a job ➜ 溢れ【あぶれ】

noun:

• long sleeper; person who needs a lot of sleep

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いきじめ］ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】

noun / ~する noun:

• coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance)

noun:

• musicians' box on the left side of the stage
• lower seat ➜ 下座【しもざ】

noun:

• wedgie (to a girl) i.e. pulling up the underwear from the back, driving it into the vulva - vulgar

noun:

• silence; keeping silent; taciturnity ［黙り］
• giving no notice; giving no warning ［黙り］
• pantomime (in kabuki)

noun:

• two books on the art of war in ancient China; the secrets (essence) of the art of war; secrets of successful life; precepts for living - four character idiom

expression:

• even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots [literal] - proverb ➜ 下手な鉄砲も数撃てば当たる

noun / ~の noun:

• putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation ➜ 命をかける