expression / godan ~く verb:

• to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); "to come to an end" [figurative] ➜ 幕を閉じる

expression / godan ~う verb:

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

expression / ichidan verb:

• to play it both ways; to sit on the fence; to two-time

expression / ichidan verb:

• to two-time; to play it both ways; to sit on the fence ➜ 二股をかける

expression / ~す verb (precursor to modern する):

• to be unable to make up one's mind; to sit on the fence ➜ 首鼠両端【しゅそりょうたん】

noun:

• Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)

noun:

• teppan-yaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)

noun:

• changing the world; turning the tide
• torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII)

noun:

• Megachasma (sole genus of the rare deep water megamouth shark in the family Megachasmidae)

noun:

• Loxodon (genus containing the sliteye shark as its only member in the family Carcharhinidae)

noun:

• first half of the Lotus Sutra, in which the Buddha appears as a spatiotemporally restricted being ➜ 本門

expression / adjective:

• With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good

expression / noun:

• the pot calling the kettle black; people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones - idiom

noun:

• owner-operator company; corporation in which the business manager is also the major stockholder

noun:

• conveyance of the opinions of the lower classes to the powers that be - four character idiom

expression:

• out of touch with the voters; indifferent to the concerns of the people

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

noun:

• Acanthurus (type genus of surgeonfishes and tangs in the family Acanthuridae which have a pair of sharp spines on either side of the base of the tail)

noun:

• being unable to read the situation; being unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation - from the initials of 空気（が）読めない - abbreviation ➜ 空気が読めない

noun:

• staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to hinder the growth of (e.g. plants, someone); to hamper the growth of

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ... - idiom ➜ 轍を踏む

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be within the top five; to be one of the five best - idiom

noun:

• the coming of Amida Buddha to welcome the spirits of the dead