expression / godan ~る verb:

• for tears to gather in one's eyes; for tears to well up in one's eyes

expression:

• it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order - proverb ➜ 跡を濁す【あとをにごす】

expression:

• it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order - proverb ➜ 跡を濁す【あとをにごす】・立つ鳥跡を濁さず

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to finger; to roll between the thumb and the fingers

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手の考え休むに似たり

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手な考え休むに似たり

noun:

• carry-back; bringing the ball back to one's own position (in rugby) - Sports term
• carryback; carrying over a deduction or credit from a prior year to the current year (to reduce income tax) - Economics term

expression:

• to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture - proverb

noun:

• stealing a car by rear-ending it lightly and having a friend jump in and drive off after the driver gets out - slang

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors

expression / ichidan verb:

• to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to)

expression:

• in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days

noun / ~の noun:

• being one or more laps behind (in a race)
• being behind the times

expression / noun:

• waiting to see one's opponent's move; playing a waiting game ➜ 後出し・じゃんけん

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• paying for the purchase (expense) out of one's own pocket; being responsible for the payment of one's share of the purchase price, expense, etc. - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

prefix noun:

• one-man

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• tyrant; dictatorial person

noun:

• conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train - abbreviation ➜ ワンマンカー

noun:

• sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
• evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

noun:

• mingling with the world by hiding one's true talent or knowledge; living a quiet life by effacing oneself - four character idiom

noun:

• killer technique; surefire assassination method
• special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style - Martial Arts term

interjection:

• all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

noun:

• Ogosho period (between the Kansei Reforms and the Tempo Reforms, approx. 1787-1843)

noun:

• sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to miss a meal
• to lose the means to make one's livelihood