expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to be a willing cats-paw or tool for a person

expression:

• a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair turns cowards courageous - proverb

noun:

• one field; a division; a branch (e.g. of study, etc.)

noun:

• hook (high point of a song)
• (at a sushi shop) wasabi ［さび］ - abbreviation ➜ 山葵

noun / ~する noun:

• assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva) - Buddhism term

noun:

• tigon (offspring of a male tiger and a female lion); tiglon ➜ ライガー

suffix:

• someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place) - colloquialism ➜ 江戸っ子

expression:

• being a guest for too long (e.g. of a neighbor)

noun:

• spreading a piece of wet washing or paper on a board

noun / ~する noun:

• isolation (e.g. of a particular chemical substance within a mixture)

expression:

• a fish out of water; a kappa up on the land [literal] ➜ 河童

noun:

• sprouts from a stump - esp. 余蘖 ➜ 蘖え
• ruined family surviving through a descendant - esp. 余孽

noun / ~の noun:

• (at a rate of) once a month

noun:

• 10 percent monthly interest

noun:

• place to store a body in a coffin before burial (Okinawa)

noun:

• ancient document written without a particular addressee (e.g. a diary) ➜ 古文書

noun / ~する noun:

• turning a movie, comic, etc. into a (computer) game

expression / noun:

• going on a date while wearing a school uniform

noun:

• shallow hat with a round top (looking like a half manjū)

noun / ~する noun:

• incorporation; conversion to a corporation; privatization (of a previously public body)

noun / ~する noun:

• designing a font
• creating a new character not currently available

noun:

• dora tile revealed when a player declares a kong - Mahjong term

noun:

• a throw; a fall

noun:

• (a) slice; (a) piece

noun:

• (a) life; (a) command

noun:

• a sidetrack; a turnout