expression:

• red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning - proverb

adverb:

• holding horizontally in one's mouth; holding on the side of one's mouth

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to be absorbed in; to lose oneself to
• to disguise oneself as; to adorn oneself

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to daub
• to lay the blame on ➜ 擦り付ける【なすりつける】

noun:

• course (route, trail, course of study, course of action, plan, option)
• full course meal (multiple dishes served in sequence); prix fixe meal

noun / ~する noun:

• dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip
• going the long way round; making a detour

noun:

• dish broiled in a mix of soy sauce, mirin, etc.; broiling with soy sauce, mirin, etc. - Food term

noun:

• vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

noun:

• student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try ➜ 現役

noun:

• making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared
• rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

noun:

• natural or man-made feature or object on the earth's surface (trees, hill, river, road, building, etc.); object or structure important in a battle, esp. for concealment

expression:

• a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; a skilled hawk hides its talons [literal] - proverb

noun / suffix noun:

• period; time
• age - Geology term
• term (e.g. in office); period
• session (e.g. of parliament)
• stage (e.g. disease)

expression / noun:

• being kept in the dark (about); being excluded; being kept out of the loop; outside the mosquito net [literal] - idiom

noun:

• width; breadth
• freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude
• gap; difference (e.g. in price); range (e.g. of voice)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge
• to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack; to cram; to fill up

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form)
• to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board)
• to store

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put a lot of effort (into); to take a strong interest (in); to put great emphasis (on); to show zeal (for) - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take someone's place; to step into someone's shoes; to succeed someone in his post ➜ 後釜

noun:

• emergency meeting of the upper house of the Diet (in response to dissolution of the lower house)

expression:

• one cannot have pain without pleasure, and one cannot have pleasure without pain

noun / ~する noun:

• setting the table; laying the table
• setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference; setting the stage - idiom

noun:

• without intermission for many years; with constancy of purpose for many years; in the same old rut for years on end - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• including a sum of money in one's calculations
• appropriation (a sum of money)