noun:

• ineptitude and inaction; being incapable of devising any appropriate measures to cope with the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activites - obscure term ➜ 十二直

noun:

• Qing-dynasty system assigning equal numbers of Manchurians and Han Chinese to central government agencies

expression:

• he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; fleeing is winning [literal] - proverb

noun:

• branch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer
• abatis

noun:

• game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman

noun:

• journal club; gathering to read and discuss papers, articles, books, etc. ➜ 輪講

noun:

• system of automatic advancement to high school and university without an entrance exam ➜ エスカレーター学校【エスカレーターがっこう】

godan ~く verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to be struck with an idea
• to remember; to recall

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to wipe; to mop up
• to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase; to remove

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be famed; to be extolled; to have one's praises sung; to be celebrated; to be admired ➜ 謳う
• to be stipulated; to be declared; to be clearly expressed

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to take off; to jump; to leap
• to take the plunge; to decide; to embark on; to venture into; to launch out into
• to step out of the ring - Sumo term

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to go through; to pierce; to penetrate
• to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through
• to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with; to keep (e.g. faith); to maintain (e.g. independence)

noun:

• mountain and water; landscape (containing hills and rivers)
• landscape picture ［さんすい］ - abbreviation ➜ 山水画
• mountain stream; water that flows down from a mountain
• garden which contains an artificial hill and a pond ［さんすい］ ➜ 築山

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to drift; to float
• to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air
• to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood)
• to wander; to walk around aimlessly
• to be unsteady; to be unstable - archaism
• to falter; to flinch; to wince - archaism
• to live in unreliable circumstances - archaism

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; to indicate by pointing one's chin [literal] ➜ 頤で人を使う【あごでひとをつかう】
• to chatter; to jaw; to jabber - slang

expression / ichidan verb:

• to set one's hand to; to start work on
• to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion)
• to have sexual relations; to have an affair

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to line up; to set up; to arrange in a line
• to enumerate; to itemize
• to be equal (to); to compare well (with); to be as good (as)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to cool down; to get cold
• to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to dampen; to fade; to wane
• to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

noun / ~する noun:

• daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep

noun:

• loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• male-to-female genderswap (in fan art and fan fiction) - slang ➜ 男体化

noun / ~する noun:

• female-to-male genderswap (in fan art and fan fiction) - slang ➜ 女体化

lower nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise - archaism ➜ 現れる
• to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects) - archaism ➜ 現れる