noun:

• Man of the Year, referring to a man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year

noun:

• Woman of the Year, referring to a woman born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year

noun:

• thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap
• re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable) - orig. meaning

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to row; to scull; to paddle ➜ 舟を漕ぐ
• to pedal (e.g. bicycle)
• to swing (on a swing)
• to operate a hand pump
• to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady ➜ ご主人
• one's husband
• (one's) employer; (one's) master
• host; hostess

noun:

• four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room
• small room esp. for assignations

noun:

• (before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha
• offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering - oft. as 御~

expression:

• in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn; in spring one sleeps like a log - proverb

suffix noun:

• a little over; a little more than
• powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to wield a baton; to swing a baton
• to lead; to direct; to command - colloquialism ➜ 采配を振る

expression / ichidan verb:

• to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do - idiom

noun:

• here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place ➜ 何処・其処・彼処
• these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker) ➜ 今迄
• these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ... ➜ 此れから

noun:

• appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.
• literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning
• face (of a printing type)

noun:

• bamboo growing along a river bank
• Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake
• Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
• prostitute; the life of a prostitute - archaism

expression:

• to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; a crab digs a hole like its own shell [literal] - idiom

noun:

• a matter for the police; with the police involved; a brush with the law - four character idiom

noun:

• the tip of a spear; the edge at the very tip of a sword

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture - idiom

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• picture-perfect; picturesque - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to disturb the water; to wake a sleeping dog; to wake a sleeping child [literal]

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in a line; to stand in a row
• to be equal

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel relieved; to feel happy after having been relieved of a responsibility; to be relieved from a duty

noun:

• Roche limit; Roche's limit (closest that a natural satellite can come to the center of a planet without disintegrating due to tidal forces)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to carry a bomb [literal]; to have a bomb about to go off
• to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks)
• to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever - idiom