noun:

• goldfish with a shrimp-like tail ［えびお］
• head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)

noun / ~する noun:

• looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves); remaining a passive onlooker - four character idiom

noun:

• one's specialty; one's forte
• specialty of a kabuki school

noun:

• one's face turning red; with a flush on one's face - four character idiom

noun:

• skewering one's food with a chopstick in order to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• touching a food with one's chopsticks, then removing them without taking it (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• ringing one's chopsticks against a dish (in order to request seconds, etc.) (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• aligning one's chopsticks by tapping them on the table, a dish, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

noun / ~する noun:

• realization of a great ambition; attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's earnest prayer being answered - four character idiom

adverb:

• involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself

expression:

• a single mistake can ruin all one's hard work; one blunder can render useless a long period of effort; one fart in a hundred days' sermons [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• quitting one's job as a government official to return to live quietly in one's own native region

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to make good use of one's spare moments
• to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

noun:

• one's teaching experience; one's career (experience) as a teacher

adverb / ~する noun:

• for a moment; for a minute

adverb:

• for a while; for some time
• for the time being; for now

interjection:

• it's been a long time; long time no see

noun:

• fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)

noun:

• opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.) - obscure term

noun:

• wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child
• to provide for a child (children)

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 辺張待ち【ペンチャンまち】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal)
• to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a stab at arousing someone's interest - idiom
• (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them
• to offer water before a grave

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best
• to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion)
• to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge