expression:

• losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

expression:

• there are exceptions to every rule; rocks will flow and leaves will sink [literal] - proverb - obscure term

noun:

• school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)

expression:

• to study and not think is a waste; learning without thinking is useless - from The Analects of Confucius - proverb

expression:

• drop dead; go to hell; fuck you; fuck off and die - 氏ね, 市ね are net slang ➜ 死ぬ

noun:

• surname; family name
• hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing) ［せい］ ➜ 姓【かばね】

noun / ~する noun:

• rising and going to bed; daily life

adverb:

• all the time; constantly; whether awake or asleep

noun / ~する noun:

• biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish - four character idiom

noun:

• stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist) - Ōsaka dialect ➜ 才取会員

noun:

• spotted unicornfish (Naso maculatus, species of Pacific tang found from Japan and Lord Howe Island to Hawaii)

noun:

• humpback batfish (Platax batavianus, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish found from Madagascar to Indonesia and Australia)

noun:

• street where many shops and businesses are closed (e.g. due to an economic slump)

noun:

• water and sky
• Varuna; Vedic god of water and sky (adopted into Buddhism as god of water and protector of the west)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to take something into ...; to bring in; to carry in
• to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring (a proposal); to commence negotiations ➜ 尻を持ち込む【しりをもちこむ】
• to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass)
• to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to make (someone) do ➜ 為せる
• to allow (someone) to ➜ 為せる

auxiliary verb / godan ~す verb:

• to let; to allow; to cause - aux. verb indicating the causative
• to be permitted to - aux. verb indicating the granting of permission
• to do - aux. verb used as an honorific for others' actions - honorific language

noun:

• swidden - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take a meal; to have a meal; to catch a meal; to get grub; to grub; to break bread; to chow down; to eat dinner; to have a bite; to strap on a feed-bag

noun:

• oyakodon; chicken and egg on rice
• sexual relationship with both a mother and daughter - vulgar - slang

noun:

• Theaceae; family of flowering plants comprising the camellias and other shrubs and trees

noun:

• Japanese-Spanish (gen. for translations and dictionaries); Japan-Spain (e.g. intercountry trade and relations)

noun:

• style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance - archaism ➜ 唐楽

noun:

• style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 左方の楽

noun:

• style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance - obscure term ➜ 唐楽

noun:

• Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods ➜ 伊弉冉尊

noun:

• shop where one can buy and sell gift certificates, coupons, travel and concert tickets, etc. ➜ 金券ショップ【きんけんショップ】