expression:

• always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• pattern; figure; design
• state; condition
• conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems
• model; pattern; example
• indicates that something seems likely (e.g. rain or storm) - after a noun
• framework (in go); territorial framework; moyo

noun:

• leader; boss
• upper part of a flag
• (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to spout out; to spurt out; to gush out; to jet out
• to sprout; to bud
• to burst into laughter

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to blow (smoke, etc.) - esp. 吹き出す
• to send out shoots (of a tree)

~する noun:

• to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to be disconcerted; to dumbfounded ➜ 閉口
• to be fed up with; to be tired of; to find unable to bear
• to wince; to shrink back; to cringe

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to proceed according to; to repair to; to betake oneself to
• to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.)
• to abide by; to agree to; to consent to; to obey - archaism

expression:

• if everyone crosses against the red light, then there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it - proverb

noun:

• fire ship
• steamship (esp. a paddle steamer); steamboat ［かせん］
• ship with a fire to attract fish while net fishing at night (prior to the invention of electric fish-luring lights) ［ひぶね］

noun:

• mamba (snake of the genus Dendroaspis)
• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - abbreviation ➜ ヤマンバ

noun:

• holding a job; being employed ［ゆうしょく］ Antonym: 無職
• being learned; being knowledgeable - archaism
• having great artistic talent; being a skilled performer - archaism
• being well-versed in usages or practices of the court or military households - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to look at again
• to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review
• to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to improve; to recover (market, illness, etc.)

noun:

• little shop; small shop; small store
• my shop ［しょうてん］ - humble language
• low class whorehouse in Fujiwara (Edo period); low class brothel ［こみせ］
• passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region) ［こみせ］

noun:

• bottle of whiskey (whisky) that a bar customer buys, writes his name on, keeps on a shelf at the bar, and drinks little by little on successive visits - From English "keep bottle"

noun:

• young men who are not competitive as in the traditional male stereotype, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented ➜ 草食男子【そうしょくだんし】

noun:

• peacherine; hybrid of a peach and a nectarine; cross between a peach and a nectarine

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to have a taste for; to be fond of; to have an interest in (e.g. a hobby)
• to be modest; to be prudent

godan ~う verb:

• to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; to pray - archaism
• to pray for the death or misfortune of another; to curse
• to treat illness with prayer

expression / adjective:

• it goes without saying; there is no need to say so, but of course; it is needless to say; it need scarcely be said

noun:

• wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder) ➜ 袈裟
• slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder ➜ 袈裟切り

expression:

• all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; a hundred harms and not a single gain [literal] - idiom

noun:

• spring rain that falls around the time that flowers bloom; spring rain that hastens the blooming of flowers

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to
• to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake
• to take hold of; to possess; to haunt - of an illness, demon, etc.
• to approach (a person); to deal with (someone)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart
• to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• going in and out; entering and exiting

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• visiting regularly; frequenting; having regular dealings with

noun:

• income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings
• increase and decrease; surplus and deficit; fluctuation
• fight; trouble; quarrel; dispute
• indentations (e.g. of a coastline)