expression:

• don't despair because you're the last to take your pick; you can find treasures in leftovers; one man's trash is another's treasure - proverb

expression:

• spoiling someone's work; useless effort; laboring in vain; labouring in vain; if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up [literal]

noun:

• capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; red pepper ➜ ピーマン
• shichimi pepper - abbreviation ➜ 七味唐辛子

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to slash back
• to strike back; to counterattack; to retort
• to cut the wheel
• to perform a twisting backward knee trip - Sumo term ➜ 切り返し

noun / ~する noun:

• open-air tea ceremony
• aristocrat taking a break during a trip in a palanquin
• something standing in the open

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to pour (into) ➜ 注ぐ【つぐ】
• to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to pour onto; to spray
• to shed (tears)
• to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to fix (one's eyes) on

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to flow into (e.g. of a river); to run into; to drain into
• to fall (of rain, snow); to pour down

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place)
• to be limited to; to be confined to

noun:

• false start; jumping the gun - From English "flying start"
• flying start; running start
• broadcasting a television or radio program a few minutes before its scheduled time

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

pre-noun adjectival:

• what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to float in the air
• to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

godan ~す verb:

• to pole (a boat); to punt (a boat); to swim with the tide

noun:

• landed and tenant farming; landed farming with some tenant farming on the side

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to spare oneself; to spare oneself the trouble ➜ 骨を惜しむ
• to nullify someone's efforts - as 骨を盗むまい, 骨を盗まず, etc. - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to give an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)

noun:

• Olympic Cauldron lighter; Olympic torch lighter; last runner in the Olympic torch relay

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be preeminent ➜ 抜きん出る【ぬきんでる】
• to tower above (the surrounding landscape) ➜ 抜きん出る【ぬきんでる】

expression:

• a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes

ichidan verb:

• to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be preeminent
• to tower above (the surrounding landscape)

expression:

• when the right conditions are fulfilled, things will turn out well on their own; a sunken place will collect water [literal] - proverb - obscure term
• someone in bad circumstances will continue to accumulate difficulties - proverb - obscure term

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to establish oneself in life; to achieve success; to reach a high position
• to begin life (as an adult); to step out into the world

noun:

• dictionary; lexicon
• letter of resignation - archaism ➜ 辞表

noun / suffix noun:

• within; inside of; less than

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

• relief; peace of mind