expression / godan ~る verb:

• the New Year begins; the New Year starts

noun:

• heir to the throne; successor to the throne

noun / ~の noun:

• place near the beach; place near the shore

adjective:

• smelling of the sea; smelling of the seashore

expression / noun:

• regression toward the mean; regression to the mean - Mathematics term

expression / noun:

• dark of the night; darkness of the night

expression / ichidan verb:

• to do the job; to do the business

expression / noun:

• base of the tongue; root of the tongue ➜ 舌の根の乾かぬうち

expression:

• if that's the case; that being the case ➜ だと

noun:

• organs of the state; machinery of the state

expression / noun:

• dream for the future; hopes for the future

expression / noun:

• equality before the law; equality under the law

noun:

• performing solo (by oneself); having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled) - four character idiom

noun:

• the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha) - Buddhism term

noun:

• someone who has a title but no real duty; useless person ➜ 取り巻き
• actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background (in kabuki) - original meaning ➜ 大名

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

expression / noun:

• how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio

noun:

• Eighth Route Army; 18th Army Group of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to speak as though something were actually the case; to smooth over; to give the impression that; to make it sound that

expression / noun:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way - idiom

noun:

• Japanese reading of a kanji (sometimes esp. in ref. to readings that do not correspond to the orig. Chinese meaning of the kanji)

noun:

• tax-free small-sum savings system (often used by the elderly and the disabled); non-tax plan for small savings

expression:

• even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots [literal] - proverb ➜ 下手な鉄砲も数撃ちゃ当たる

expression:

• one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man; a person's will should be respected; even a menial deserves his convictions - proverb

ichidan verb:

• to become famous
• to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear; to be published