expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth; to be brutally honest

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false

expression:

• no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; it's the auspicious day when you've just thought of it [literal] - proverb

noun:

• pilaf topped with bechemal or other cheese-based sauce, then oven baked - named after the Doria family of Genoa - From Italian "Doria"
• casserole dish dedicated to the Doria family, often with green, white and red colours

noun:

• black hair that has been dyed blond after the roots begin to grow in at the top giving an appearance much like custard pudding; pudding head [literal] - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• spanking

noun:

• traditional ceremony where the newly-wed wife, upon entering her new home, was hit on the rump with a straw bundle etc., to ensure her fertility

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to take upon oneself; to pull (a thing) over one's head

noun:

• unable to take (thermally) hot food; have a tongue too sensitive to heat - slang - From English "cat tongue" ➜ 猫舌

expression / noun:

• completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; deserted ➜ 蛻【もぬけ】
• body from which the soul has left; corpse
• shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.) - orig. meaning

expression / ichidan verb:

• to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet)
• to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to have evidence; to get a lead - idiom
• to grab by the tail [literal]

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to take down; to bring down; to lower

noun:

• downsizing by laying off part-time and temp. workers

noun:

• slender catshark (Schroederichthys tenuis, found off Suriname and Brazil)

noun / ~する noun:

• enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening one's eyes to the truth
• gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight; opening the eyes ［かいがん］

noun:

• using the Japanese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to run into; to collide with; to crash into; to bump against
• to come to the end of (a street)
• to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

noun:

• proportional representation electoral system (in which party votes are cast, and candidates from each party are elected based on an ordered list available to the public)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be lifted; to be raised; to rise; to go up
• to happen suddenly; to occur; to come up; to turn up
• to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

expression:

• blue are the hills that are far away; the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; far away smells of flowers; close up smells of dung [literal] - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• Europe and America; the West

noun:

• the law; laws and regulations

noun:

• rank and file; the ranks