expression / ichidan verb:

• to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight

noun:

• middle of a body of water (e.g. a lake, a river)

noun:

• study (for a role); preparation for a part (in a play, etc.)

noun:

• declaring a concealed kong; forming a concealed four-of-a-kind - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 槓

noun:

• brokering; broker - abbreviation
• handing materials up a ladder (to a plasterer); assistant who hands things up a ladder (to a plasterer)
• pole used to hand things up a ladder ➜ 才取り棒

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to appear the same; to be like; to seem to be; to be similar to

expression / ichidan verb:

• to angrily reject; to snub; to give a person a good scolding; to give a person a rap on the knuckles

noun / ~する noun:

• hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to gain a reliable foundation and be in a safe condition; to board a large ship [literal]

expression:

• something very unexpected; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse comes from a gourd [literal]

noun:

• coming out; emerging
• being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place)

noun:

• Imperial surname; title borne by a prince of the blood as a head of a house ➜ 宮家【みやけ】

noun:

• individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed

noun:

• sky burial (funeral ritual in which the body of the deceased is exposed to be eaten by birds)

~と adverb:

• quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

noun:

• Aikido technique, wherein the opponent is brought down by twisting his or her arm away from the body - Martial Arts term

expression:

• spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age - proverb

noun:

• Pseudotriakis (genus of ground shark in the family Pseudotriakidae whose sole member is the false catshark)

noun:

• Luvarus (sole genus of perciform fish in the family Luvaridae whose only member is the luvar)

noun:

• Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides ➜ 平入り

expression:

• spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age - proverb

noun:

• samya mandala (in Shingon); mandala where each deity is represented by an object (lotus flower, gem, sword, etc.) - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

expression:

• it's no big deal; it's nothing to fret about; it's not like it's the end of the world

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to throw (e.g. into turmoil); to trick (into doing); to lure (into a trap); to frame (for a crime) - usu. 陥れる
• to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to reduce - usu. 陥れる
• to drop (something) into - orig. meaning; usu. 落とし入れる

adverb / ~と adverb:

• a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly - onomatopoeia