expression:

• from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts - abbreviation ➜ ピンからキリまで

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to step out of the ring; to put one's foot outside the ring - Sumo term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to incur the wrath of god (e.g. by speaking ill of somebody behind their back); to get into trouble
• to warp one's mouth

noun / ~の noun:

• light red

noun:

• red light

noun:

• light red

expression / adverb:

• in the end; after all is said and done; at the striped mullet's ultimate maturity (when the striped mullet is fully grown) [literal] ➜ 鯔【とど】

expression / noun:

• fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does); a fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit) [literal] - idiom ➜ 漁夫の利

noun:

• common and low grade type of katsuobushi
• bamboo rod used during imperial exorcism ceremonies

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to tread (a nail) into the sole of one's foot; to tread through (the floor)

adverb:

• just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to collect the ashes of the deceased
• to look after someone's affairs after he dies

noun:

• New Year (esp. first three days)
• the first month of the year; January

noun:

• spirit of a deceased person - honorific language
• the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit ［みたま］ - honorific language ➜ 聖霊

noun:

• blue sky
• skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag ➜ 問うに落ちず語るに落ちる

noun:

• phosphorescent light; mysterious lights on the sea; sea fire

noun:

• impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch - four character idiom

expression:

• A single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; Even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; Watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• blanching (cultivation method); whitening (of vegetables, etc.) by depriving of light

noun:

• mangrove (esp. the black mangrove, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza)
• tree with red leaves or flowers

noun:

• red sea bream (i.e. the tai, Pagrus major) - colloquialism
• fish given to a tournament winner as congratulations - Sumo, Food term

noun:

• stone-like socle (used as the base for a Buddhist statue)

noun:

• rice-bran bag (used for scrubbing the skin when bathing)

noun:

• rice-bran bag (used for scrubbing the skin when bathing) ➜ 糠袋