expression / godan ~く verb:

• to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)

noun:

• legend over a picture; inscription (legend, writing) on a painting

noun:

• flag with a red circle on a white background
• the Japanese flag ➜ 日章旗

noun:

• water jump (on a racetrack, etc.)
• moat (around a castle, etc.)

noun:

• weight (of a fishing net); sinker (on a fishing line)

noun:

• through a wall; on the other side of a wall - usu. as 壁越しに

noun:

• falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall ➜ 尻餅をつく
• mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

suffix noun:

• from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
• aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above

noun:

• first volume (e.g. book) ➜ 下【げ】・上巻

noun / prefix:

• superior quality; best; top; high class
• going up
• governmental; imperial
• presenting; showing

prefix:

• ana- (medical, biol.)

expression:

• a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (pouring) water on a hot stone [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a forum, blog, etc.)

expression:

• like water off a duck's back; urine on a frog's face [literal] - colloquialism ➜ 蛙の面に水

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance

noun / ~する noun:

• listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing

noun:

• fatwa; legal pronouncement in Islam, issued by a religious law specialist on a specific issue - From Arabic "fatwa"

noun:

• ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals)

noun:

• peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures

noun:

• always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person) - four character idiom

noun:

• territory of a stall vendor
• spot on a farm where the harvest would be put in order (Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to go on a pub-crawl; to drink at a round of places

expression:

• capitalizing on the fame of a parent; riding a parent's coat-tails

particle:

• denotes uncertainty ➜ とやら
• such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like; A and B and whatnot - as ＡやらＢやら...

noun:

• yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer
• grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow) - obsolete term
• failing to win a single hand during a half-game - Mahjong term

noun / ~する noun:

• bringing up a matter; discussion; debate; submission (e.g. a measure); referral (e.g. bill to a committee); placing (e.g. item on an agenda)

noun:

• taking a wife by kidnapping a woman passing by on the road - archaism