expression:

• to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius) [literal] - variant of 木に縁りて... - proverb ➜ 木に縁りて魚を求む【きによりてうおをもとむ】

noun / ~する noun:

• begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

expression:

• there's always room for dessert; there's another stomach for dessert [literal]

noun:

• the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis - four character idiom

noun:

• strategy guide (book, e.g. for a video game); playing guide; book of hints

noun:

• shaking; shake; jolt; jolting; vibration; tremor; flickering
• unsettledness; instability; vacillating; wavering
• existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word - Linguistics term

noun:

• Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

suffix / counter:

• counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• (for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy
• (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy

expression:

• as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
• apart from... (used to change the topic)
• even (e.g. "not even a single person") - before a negative form
• thinking that...; trying to... - after a volitional form ➜ とする

noun:

• cash offering made on the occasion of one's visit to a shrine; money offering dedicated to the Shinto gods; fees for offering a branch of the sacred tree to the gods

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be meant for each other (of a man and woman); to be connected through fate; to be destined to marry (each other); to be tied by the red string (of fate) [literal] - idiom ➜ 赤い糸

noun:

• tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea
• hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

noun:

• welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief - four character idiom

noun:

• welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to plan; to attempt; to devise
• to plot; to conspire; to scheme - esp. 謀る
• to aim for; to strive for; to work towards; to seek ［図る］
• to deceive; to trick; to take in ［謀る］

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.)
• to be blocked (road, pipe, etc.); to be clogged; to be plugged up ➜ 鼻が詰まる
• to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to narrow
• to be at a loss; to be hard pressed - often in the form …につまる ➜ 言葉に詰まる・気の詰まる【きのつまる】
• to end up; to be settled ➜ 詰まる所【つまるところ】
• to become a geminate consonant ➜ 促音【そくおん】
• to hit the ball near the handle of the bat - Baseball term

noun:

• ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship ［船・舟］ - 舟 is often small and hand-propelled
• tank; tub; vat; trough

suffix noun / counter:

• counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi) ［船・舟］

auxiliary verb:

• (those) who are; (that) which is; often used in relation to qualifications and requirements for a position; in the capacity of - after a noun, usu. as 〜たる者, etc. ➜ たり・たるや

noun:

• carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; taking responsibility for
• bucket carried on either end of a pole - abbreviation ➜ 担い桶

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to blend (e.g. truth and lies); to mix together (e.g. kanji and kana)

noun:

• Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province
• sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords
• in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword

noun:

• starting point for an ascent (mountain, stairs, etc.); base (of mountain, etc.) - esp. 上 for stairs, 登 for mountain

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle (a matter) for the time being; to complete the first stage (of something)

noun:

• the privy purse; the money used for private purposes by the members of the Imperial family

noun:

• "day of the ghost" (an extremely auspicious day on the lunar calendar for everything but weddings) ➜ 暦注