expression:

• anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driver [literal] - proverb

expression:

• victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed
• to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off; to be taken off

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)

noun / ~の noun:

• old clothes; worn-out clothes; cast-off clothes

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow
• to patch (clothes); to mend; to repair ［継ぐ］
• to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with; to feed with; to follow up with (e.g. remarks); to gather (one's breath) ［継ぐ］

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to deliver the coup de grace
• to put an end to; to deliver the final blow
• to be the best for A - as ＡはＢに止めを刺す

expression:

• it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on
• to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope - idiom

noun:

• ability to take proper steps to meet the situation; ability to adapt oneself to (the requirement of) the moment - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.)
• to bleach; to refine
• to rinse (vegetables); to soak
• to sentence someone to public humiliation - archaism ➜ 晒【さらし】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to expose to the sun

noun:

• to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres
• square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ➜ 枡形
• Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

noun:

• imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods) ➜ 金光明最勝王経

noun:

• rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month) ➜ 神迎え
• exorcism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to steer a ship
• to manage; to take command; to take the helm

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the ayes and noes

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take and spit the water prior to a bout - Sumo term

expression:

• trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly

noun:

• driving off birds
• procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house
• female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen
• street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan

noun / ~する noun:

• undressing and dressing; taking off and putting on (clothes)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to scatter; to sprinkle; to strew
• to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.)
• to give the slip; to throw off; to shake off; to lose