expression:

• It's a piece of cake; It's a simple task; It's a cinch ➜ 御茶の子【おちゃのこ】

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to hear
• to listen (e.g. to music) - usu. 聴く
• to ask; to enquire; to query - 聴く is more formal
• to learn of; to hear about
• to follow (advice); to comply with
• to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance ［聞く・聴く］ ➜ 香を聞く

noun:

• chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach) - archaism ➜ 栴檀【せんだん】
• light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May

noun / ~する noun:

• calendar reform; adoption of new calendar system

noun:

• new calendar (for a new year); new year

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

expression / adjective:

• to gain nothing; to be of no benefit; to be no use; to be unprofitable

noun:

• blue return; blue-paper income-tax return; type of income tax return filing which allows for special income deductions ➜ 白色申告

expression / ichidan verb:

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

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be evasive; to give an evasive answer
• to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate
• to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation
• to make do with

noun:

• Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; ivy morning glory
• any funnel shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); funnel-shaped urinal

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to disrobe; to deprive of; to detach; to disconnect

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
• to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

expression:

• there it is; there it comes; got it; of course; it figures; I knew it; expression one says when what is expected comes

expression:

• there it is; there it comes; got it; of course; it figures; I knew it; expression one says when what is expected comes - colloquialism ➜ それ来た

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

noun:

• private secretary
• flunky; someone who is always following around someone of high rank - derogatory term
• someone who carries a bag for someone; luggage carrier; carrying a bag

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be crowded (with); to be packed ➜ 建て込む
• to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to spend all of one's free time; to spend one's time without constraint

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award
• to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply
• to assign
• to cause
• to pass (a variable to a function) - IT term

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (a weight) off one's shoulder - onomatopoeia ➜ さっぱり
• shapely; neatly; refinedly
• cleanly; without trouble
• clearly; plainly; distinctly ➜ はっきり
• completely; thoroughly ➜ すっかり
• not at all (with negative sentence); not even slightly ➜ さっぱり

noun:

• grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus)
• nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker
• streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period) ［夜鷹］
• soba vendors who walk around at night; soba sold by these vendors ［夜鷹］ - abbreviation ➜ 夜鷹蕎麦

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to spring; to bound; to bounce
• to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to get lively

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to treat oneself to; to splurge on

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to breathe hard; to pant; to be out of breath ➜ 息が弾む【いきがはずむ】

noun:

• chilled syrup; soft drink of malt syrup mixed with boiling water, ginger juice, grated ginger, sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink, similar to ginger ale) - Food term ➜ 飴湯

noun:

• Diet member who succeeded a parent; Diet member who comes from a family of politicians; hereditary Diet member [literal]

noun:

• desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; underlay
• being pinned under; being caught under; being trapped under; being buried under; being crushed beneath
• model; pattern - often as 〜を下敷きにして