expression:

• the doting parent's purse is plundered; the thief caught turns out to be one's own son [literal] - proverb

noun:

• orangespot surgeonfish (Acanthurus olivaceus, species of tang found from the eastern Indian Ocean to the Pacific); orangeband surgeonfish

noun:

• sword-shaped stoneware found in archeological sites in eastern Japan dating to the end of the Jomon period

noun:

• banishment (to a somewhat distant province); middle-degree punishment of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

expression:

• used to create a rhetorical question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question - female language ➜ ものか

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:

• complete devotion; body and soul; one's best - four character idiom

noun:

• three mysteries (Buddha's body, speech and mind) - Buddhism term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink)
• to be washed away; to be carried
• to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to wander; to stray
• to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire); to spread; to circulate
• to be heard (e.g. music); to be played
• to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair)
• to pass; to elapse; to be transmitted
• to be called off; to be forfeited
• to disappear; to be removed

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure
• to learn; to find out; to take in

godan ~す verb:

• to change clothes

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to flap; to fly
• to turn over; to flip over
• to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch; to alter; to flip

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be sufficient; to be enough
• to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve - in the form に足りる after a verb ➜ 取るに足りない
• to do (the job); to serve; to answer

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be sufficient; to be enough ➜ 足りる
• to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve - in the form に足る after a verb
• to do (the job); to serve; to answer

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to resemble; to look like; to take after
• to be similar (in status, condition, etc.); to be close; to be alike; to be like

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to step forward; to step forth; to advance
• to start; to embark on; to set forth on; to take steps toward

noun:

• bath; bathtub ➜ お風呂
• bathroom; bathhouse
• room for drying lacquerware
• base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine ➜ 血合い

auxiliary verb:

• (those) who are; (that) which is; often used in relation to qualifications and requirements for a position; in the capacity of - after a noun, usu. as 〜たる者, etc. ➜ たり・たるや

noun:

• tossing several items into the air and attempting to catch them all (form of street performance)
• sleight of hand; magic

noun:

• event where schoolchildren wash their inkstones, brushes and desks the night before Tanabata to pray for success in their studies - obscure term ➜ 七夕

noun:

• letters from exiled Europeans in Jakarta to their Japanese wives and half-Japanese children (during the Edo period)

noun:

• soba eaten at the end of the month (esp. at the end of the year)

expression:

• victory depends on the luck of the day (i.e. it isn't always the strongest who wins)