noun:

• talking about one's misfortunes; tales of one's misfortunes - colloquialism

noun:

• inner thigh

noun / ~する noun:

• (walking) pigeon-toed; one's toes turned inward ［うちまた］
• uchimata (judo); throwing an opponent by putting one's leg between their legs ［うちまた］

noun:

• holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stop; to turn off - esp. 止める, 停める
• to park - esp. 止める, 停める
• to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain) - esp. 止める, 停める
• to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit
• to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind ➜ 目を留める・気に留める
• to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple - esp. 留める
• to detain; to keep in custody - esp. 留める

noun:

• sign staked to a building's ridgepole at construction time stating the building's donor, builder, date, reason for construction, etc.

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul; to take risks with other people's money - idiom ➜ 他人のふんどしで相撲を取る【たにんのふんどしですもうをとる】

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to spit in the wind; to piss in the wind; to get caught in your own trap; to reap what you sow; to turn to the sky and spit [literal] - idiom ➜ 天に唾する【てんにつばする】

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to spit in the wind; to piss in the wind; to get caught in your own trap; to reap what you sow; to turn to the sky and spit [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hoist one's sail when the wind is fair; to get one's time to shine - idiom

noun:

• one's own country
• home country (as opposed to a colony)
• country of one's ancestors

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

noun:

• the dots of i's and the crosses of t's; (not neglecting) the slightest details - four character idiom ➜ 一点一画もおろそかにしない

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hurt one's reputation; to be ashamed of oneself; to lose one's honour

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cavil at a person's words; to use somebody's words to trip him up

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to make a dent in one's purse; to have to pay out of one's own pocket

expression:

• always dot the i's and cross the t's; don't neglect the slightest detail; be punctilious - proverb

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; moving in the wrong direction; running counter to (e.g. the laws of nature); running against (e.g. the tide of the times) Antonym: 順行
• retrogradation; retrogression - Astronomy term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make one's way in the world; to earn one's living; to live - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall

expression / ichidan verb / transitive:

• to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple

adverbial noun:

• due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work

noun:

• goods sold off through irregular channels (usu. at very low prices); merchandise obtained by buying out the inventories of failed retailers instead of going through normal wholesale channels
• fake merchandise; unlicensed merchandise; knockoff ➜ ぱちもの

noun / ~する noun:

• going to the Philippines; moving to the Philippines; migration to the Philippines