expression / ichidan verb:

• to sing (chant, speak) with a melody or rhythm; to set to music (verse, lyrics, etc.)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to sing (bird)
• to make sound (animal); to call; to cry; to chirp
• to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong) ［鳴く］ - Mahjong term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to live together; to be close friends; to eat out of the same pot [literal] - idiom

noun:

• sun and moon - abbreviation ➜ 金烏玉兎
• time; the years; the months

expression / adverb:

• (at) any time; always; at all times; whenever ➜ 何時でも

noun:

• companies exploiting debtors by forcing them to make expensive credit card purchases and buying the purchases at a fraction of the price

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut (left by someone else) [literal] ➜ 前車の轍を踏む・前轍を踏む

adjective:

• near; close; short (distance)
• close (in time); soon
• close (relationship); friendly; intimate
• closely related
• similar; likeworthy; almost the same

noun / ~する noun:

• food and drink; eating and drinking

noun / ~する noun:

• food and drink; eating and drinking

noun:

• alcohol and meat; food and drink

noun / ~する noun:

• using a new brush for the first time
• doing something for the first time
• man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)

noun:

• Hemiscyllium (genus of longtail carpet sharks in the family Hemiscylliidae with short snouts, nostrils at the tip, and elevated eyes and supraorbital ridges)

adverb / ~の noun:

• repeatedly; frequently; over and over; time and time again

adverb:

• exceedingly; sincerely; very much

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to chirp loudly (insects, birds, etc.); to sing noisily

adverb:

• (at) any time; always; at all times; whenever ➜ 何時だって

adverb:

• at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much (far) as possible

adverbial noun:

• now; at this time
• the other day; recently; lately

noun:

• cicadas that sing when autumn comes ➜ 秋蝉
• cicadas that sing even in autumn

expression:

• the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."; An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. (Basho) - four character idiom

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

adverb:

• unfortunately; at a bad time; at an unfortunate moment Antonym: 折好く

noun / ~する noun:

• being in someone's service for the first time; participating for the first time
• visiting a shrine (or temple) for the first time

godan ~う verb:

• to sing praises to

noun:

• proper diet and Chinese herbal medicine share the same principles - four character idiom ➜ 医食同源