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

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 / ~する noun:

• retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation
• command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; imposition
• descent from heaven - orig. meaning

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be thoughtful (of a gift, etc.); to be from the heart; to be made with loving care

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about something/someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this - Hiroshima dialect ➜ こんな

pre-noun adjectival:

• this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker) ➜ 何の【どの】・此れ・其の・彼の

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to request; to beg; to ask
• to call; to order; to reserve
• to entrust to
• to rely on - esp. 恃む

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to eliminate
• to curtail; to save; to cut down; to economize; to economise

noun:

• thick illustrated publication on a single topic printed to look like a magazine - from "magazine" and "book" - From English "mook"

noun:

• "gentleman" who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her

noun / ~する noun:

• offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god

noun:

• approach (to a castle gate)
• front of a structural member ➜ 見込み【みこみ】

expression:

• to have a comeback (i.e. a reason, or rationalization) for every remark - idiom

noun:

• clasp or ring for attaching a pendant to a chain

particle:

• a sort of thing like; used after a phrase to modify the following noun

expression:

• the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat - proverb ➜ 三十六計

noun:

• alms-giver; person who donates to a monk or a temple; dana-pati

noun:

• dwelling place of a god (usu. in reference to a large rock) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

noun:

• returning of a package to depot after a failed delivery attempt

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to sprain; to twist
• to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten; to dispirit; to depress; to unnerve; to crush

~する verb (spec.):

• to approve; to agree; to assent; to endorse; to support; to back
• to inscribe
• to praise; to laud

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale
• to suck; to sip; to slurp
• to absorb; to soak up
• to kiss