expression:

• anything is better than nothing; kail spares bread; a bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink; tea in the belly (will fill it) for a time [literal] - proverb

expression:

• after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to miss; to overlook; to fail to notice
• to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to turn a blind eye to
• to pass up (e.g. an opportunity)
• to let (a good ball) go by - Baseball term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to establish; to run; to maintain
• to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal)
• to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to stand ready; to be poised for

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to put on an air; to assume an attitude
• to stiffen; to tense up; to become formal

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fabricate in order to deceive; to make up; to feign
• to plan; to scheme

noun:

• carapace; shell
• 1st in rank; grade A
• instep; back of hand
• the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party; plaintiff (label in legal documents) ➜ 乙【おつ】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

noun:

• loneliness; desolation

~たる adjective / ~と adverb / ~の noun:

• lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted
• harsh (words); cutting (criticism)

~する noun:

• to separate in thought; to consider as independent

noun:

• critical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect

noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大国主命

noun:

• calling another player's discarded tile to complete a meld (but not to complete one's hand) - Mahjong term
• declaring a kong or calling a discarded tile to complete a meld - Mahjong term

noun:

• putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism - four character idiom

noun:

• Japanese-style business management; adoption of Japanese business practices (such as lifelong employment, seniority-based promotions, etc.)

noun:

• white powder (lead carbonate) used in the past as face pigment and used in paint more recently

noun:

• crab shell (often ground or crushed and used as fertilizer); crab shell meal

noun:

• pretending to be more experienced than one actually is; acting as though one is knowledgeable about something - from エアプレイ(ヤー) - slang

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told - humble language
• to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to visit - humble language
• to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.) - from 御機嫌を伺う

noun:

• state of a country (population, resources, etc.); condition of a country; strength of a country

expression:

• sleep brings up a child well; a well-slept child is a well-kept child - proverb

expression:

• it is so; it is as such - archaism

expression:

• it is so; it is as such - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• what if (as in "what if" stories)

expression:

• You must seize every golden opportunity; Strike while the iron is hot; When you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price - four character idiom

godan ~す verb:

• to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell

godan ~る verb:

• to slam into (e.g. a wall, a limit) (figuratively); to hit
• to face (e.g. trouble, a problem); to confront