expression:

• no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness [literal] - proverb

noun:

• suicide immediately after the death of one's spouse or lover; following one's lover (husband, wife) into death

expression:

• wretched is the lot of a government official; it is better to work for oneself than to work for someone else - proverb

noun:

• (in Japan) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E) ➜ 十二律・太簇
• (in gagaku) scale similar to the Dorian mode on E ➜ 律旋・六調子

noun:

• mob; crowd of people
• background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-playable character ［モブ］

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself - idiom

noun:

• land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryo system); land given to pay for the expenses of a government office ➜ 職分田

noun:

• herbes de Provence (mixture of dry herbs) - Food term - From French

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be profoundly compatible; to be inseparable; to be so close as to reveal to each other the bottom of one's heart

expression:

• please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; I look forward to working with you
• please do; please take care of

expression:

• please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; I look forward to working with you - honorific language
• please do; please take care of

noun:

• rustic; country bumpkin; countryfolk
• ruffian; unrefined person
• non-politician; non-government person; civilian
• Yeren; legendary mountain-dwelling hominid (similar to a sasquatch, yeti, etc.) of China's Hubei province

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers) - onomatopoeia
• something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• punctuation marks such as the dakuten
• Chonchon; South American mythical bird - From

noun:

• Onokoro Island (in Japanese mythology, the island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear); Onogoro Island - archaism ➜ 天の瓊矛
• Japan

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stir; to mix ➜ 掻き混ぜる
• to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up; to jeer at; to interfere (when one talks)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stir; to mix ➜ 混ぜ返す
• to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up; to jeer at; to interfere (when one talks) ➜ 混ぜ返す

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:

• advancing and retreating; appearance and disappearance; one's daily activities; one's course of action; one's attitude - four character idiom

noun:

• file wrapper for a patent; correspondence about the status of a patent between the inventor and the patent office

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to take measures (in face of events being anticipated)
• to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain
• to clap one's hands together

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:

• kanji radical that runs from the left to the bottom part of the kanji; kanji enclosure-type radical - e.g. 道, 起

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to think of as the main point; to make the main purpose; to put the focus on ➜ 主眼

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be completely disgusted with; to be absolutely fed up with; to run out of patience with ➜ 愛想が尽きる