expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep one's wits about one; to be on one's guard; to be wary of trickery - idiom ➜ 眉唾物【まゆつばもの】

noun:

• without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end - four character idiom

noun:

• object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami ➜ 形代

noun:

• the sun ［てんとう・てんどう］
• god of heaven and the earth ［てんとう・てんどう］
• laws governing the heavens ［てんとう・てんどう］
• celestial path; celestial motion ［てんとう・てんどう］ - Astronomy term
• deva realm (svarga) - Buddhism term ➜ 六道
• path in the heavens ［あまじ］

noun:

• bamboo growing along a river bank
• Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake
• Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
• prostitute; the life of a prostitute - archaism

expression / noun:

• a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom

expression:

• It's a piece of cake; It's a simple task; It's a cinch ➜ 御茶の子【おちゃのこ】

noun:

• person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance) ➜ 立方【たちかた】
• person singing ballads (in noh)
• coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore
• the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area - archaism

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to hear
• to listen (e.g. to music) - usu. 聴く
• to ask; to enquire; to query - 聴く is more formal
• to learn of; to hear about
• to follow (advice); to comply with
• to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance ［聞く・聴く］ ➜ 香を聞く

noun / ~する noun:

• calendar reform; adoption of new calendar system

noun:

• new calendar (for a new year); new year

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

noun:

• same period of last year; the same month a year ago; year-ago month

expression / adjective:

• to gain nothing; to be of no benefit; to be no use; to be unprofitable

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel relieved; to feel happy after having been relieved of a responsibility; to be relieved from a duty

noun:

• dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage)
• end; end of the road; end point; as far as one can go

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information) ➜ いいとこ取り【いいとこどり】

noun:

• Roche limit; Roche's limit (closest that a natural satellite can come to the center of a planet without disintegrating due to tidal forces)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be evasive; to give an evasive answer
• to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate
• to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation
• to make do with

noun:

• Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; ivy morning glory
• any funnel shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); funnel-shaped urinal

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to disrobe; to deprive of; to detach; to disconnect

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
• to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

expression:

• there it is; there it comes; got it; of course; it figures; I knew it; expression one says when what is expected comes

expression:

• there it is; there it comes; got it; of course; it figures; I knew it; expression one says when what is expected comes - colloquialism ➜ それ来た

expression / ichidan verb:

• to carry a bomb [literal]; to have a bomb about to go off
• to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse

noun / ~の noun / suffix noun / prefix:

• previous; prior; former; first; earlier; some time ago; preceding
• point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle
• head (of a line); front
• ahead; the other side
• the future; hereafter
• destination
• the other party