expression:

• one way or the other; either way

expression / ichidan verb:

• to open the lid; to lift a lid Antonym: 蓋を閉める
• to open the lid (on); to make public - idiom
• to start (something) - idiom
• to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect); to look at the condition of something - idiom
• to open (of a theatre) - idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• the reverse; other side; lining ➜ 裏側【うらがわ】

suffix / expression:

• adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with ➜ それと無く・何となく・幾度となく

ichidan verb:

• to come for the first time; to become for the first time

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have the game in one's hands; to hold the key to victory

noun:

• the smell of blood

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to report to the Emperor ➜ 奏する
• to play (musical instrument)
• to accomplish ➜ 功を奏する

noun:

• shape of the head - archaism
• using make-up - archaism

noun:

• the refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo ➜ 下町言葉・山の手

~する verb (spec.):

• to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of

expression / adjective:

• after the good comes the bad

noun:

• retroversion of the uterus; tipped uterus

noun:

• stepping out of the ring while carrying the opponent over the edge, not considered as a loss - Sumo term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to disturb the water; to wake a sleeping dog; to wake a sleeping child [literal]

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above

noun:

• goods loaded in the afternoon for delivery the following morning

noun / ~する noun:

• passing the examination

noun:

• professor specializing in the readings of kanji in classic Confucianist texts

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• memories of the past events (being, becoming) far and distant - archaism - four character idiom ➜ 往事茫々

noun:

• wrestling outside the formal tournaments; wrestling just for fun - archaism - Sumo term

noun:

• cushion worn round the waist for warmth

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to add to the staff; to increase the staff

expression:

• there is no leisure for the poor - proverb

noun:

• inversion of the word order in a sentence; anastrophe - Linguistics term