expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; other people's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

noun:

• banishment (to a nearby province); the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize; to realise

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to jump; to leap ➜ 踊る
• to pound (of one's heart, i.e. with excitement); to throb
• to be messily written

noun:

• stable period (with ref. to pregnancy, typically from 4th month when the placenta is fully formed, morning sickness usually goes away and risk of miscarriage decreases)

noun:

• Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares

noun:

• mythical shark-like demon sea monster with barbed tail fin, said to live off the coast of Matsuura and other places in Western Japan; Beach Stroker

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to know; to understand; to be aware of; to regard as; to take for
• to consent; to agree

~の noun:

• for two people; (work) of two; (meals) for two

noun:

• the same room; sharing a room; sharers of a room

noun:

• 8 am; the fifth hour; the Hour of the Dragon

~と adverb:

• with a clink; with a flop - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; all of a sudden - onomatopoeia ➜ ぱったり

noun:

• teacher - colloquialism - derogatory term
• previous ruler; previous lord; lord of the previous generation

noun / adverbial noun:

• (with) a flash of a drawn sword; brandishing a sword - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• in the end; at the end of the day

noun:

• (an item of) electronic mail (e-mail); e-mail message ➜ 電子郵便

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to administer affairs of state; to attend to government affairs

expression / ichidan verb:

• to administer affairs of state; to attend to government affairs

noun:

• temple affairs
• temple administrator; person in charge of temple affairs - archaism

noun:

• act of self-harm; self-injurious behavior; self-injurious behaviour

noun:

• reviving the dead; calling back the spirits of the dead

noun:

• protection law; shield law; law for the protection of something ➜ オゾン層保護法【オゾンそうほごほう】

noun:

• fate; destiny
• connection; tie; bond; origin
• pretext; justification
• hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things) - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• rendezvous; meeting; assignation

noun:

• area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony
• waiting room - abbreviation ➜ 待合室【まちあいしつ】
• meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc. - archaism - abbreviation ➜ 待合茶屋【まちあいぢゃや】

noun / adjectival noun:

• idle and incompetent; accomplishing nothing significant nor being capable of doing so; lacking the talent to do anything but idle away one's time - four character idiom