godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

noun:

• something broad and flat

~の noun:

• common; ordinary; plain; rank-and-file

noun:

• low-ranking employee; freshman; novice; private - abbreviation ➜ 平社員

expression:

• "laugh and grow fat" [figurative]; good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile [literal] - from Chi: 打開笑門福自來 - proverb

noun:

• shop where one can buy and sell gift certificates, coupons, travel and concert tickets, etc.

noun:

• six objective fields of the senses (shape and colour, sound, scent, flavour, physical feeling, and mental presentation) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Chinese-style fried chicken topped with chopped scallions and sweet vinegar and soy sauce - Food term - From Chinese "yóu lín jī"

noun:

• lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs - abbreviation ➜ 結跏趺坐【けっかふざ】

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to cross each other; to run counter to; to differ; to clash; to go awry

adverb / ~と adverb / adjectival noun:

• fluently (speaking a foreign language) - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• incessantly (speaking); glibly; garrulously; volubly - onomatopoeia
• one after the other (flipping through pages) - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun / adverb / ~する noun:

• thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy; weak - onomatopoeia

noun:

• free and unbiased; fair and just; ruling or judging what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong; calling spade a spade - four character idiom

noun:

• Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty)
• Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods) ➜ 右大臣

noun / ~する noun:

• prostrating oneself in fear; kneeling in fear; crouching in fear; prostration

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to place one's arms under those of the opponent and lift them up, in order to prevent an overhand grip on one's mawashi - Sumo term

noun:

• doorstop interview; doorstep interview; on-the-move interview; informal interview in which reporters surround a public figure and prod him for an off-the-cuff response

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black

noun:

• flower charcoal (whereby a flower, seed, branch, or other item of flora is carbonized as is, retaining its form)

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter) [literal] - proverb

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• lightly rolling (of a small and round thing) - onomatopoeia
• pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter) - onomatopoeia
• changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); fickly; in a fickle manner - onomatopoeia
• roly-poly - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• chirp chirp; sound of insects - onomatopoeia
• ribbit ribbit; croak croak; sound of frogs - onomatopoeia ➜ ケロケロ

noun:

• roller; lint roller; paint roller ［ころころ・コロコロ］ - onomatopoeia

noun / ~の noun:

• every second month; every other month

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing for women and children (e.g. kimono, yukata) (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

noun:

• starting with vigor but ending with no action; raising one's voice (in a call to action) and then failing to take action

noun:

• sō-on; Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism) ➜ 唐音【とうおん】・宋【そう】

noun:

• tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)

expression / noun:

• being quiet and meek (in contrast to normal behaviour); being as meek as a lamb; a borrowed cat [literal] - idiom

noun:

• opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side Antonym: 表【おもて】
• rear; back; behind
• lining; inside
• in the shadows; behind the scenes; offstage; behind one's back
• more (to something than meets the eye); hidden side (e.g. of one's personality); unknown circumstances; different side
• proof ➜ 裏付け
• opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); contrary ➜ 裏をかく
• inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
• bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning) - Baseball term Antonym: 表【おもて】