expression:

• many irons in the fire; engaged in two trades at the same time; wearing two hats - idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to exchange glances; to look at each other ➜ 見合わせる
• to postpone; to put off; to withhold; to abandon ➜ 見合わせる
• to contrast; to compare ➜ 見合わせる

noun:

• legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State - honorific language

expression / noun:

• car accident for which one is not responsible; car accident where the other side is at fault

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to run at full speed; to run and run
• to try one's hardest

noun:

• single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist rituals - Buddhism term
• cloth of a tokko pattern

noun:

• dumpling cooked in miso served during the dog days of summer at the imperial court
• accompaniments for a rice dish - secret language of court ladies - archaism - female language ➜ おかず
• wooden pestle - secret language of court ladies - archaism - female language ➜ すりこぎ
• menstrual period - archaism

noun:

• crime for which one's three types of relatives will be punished; crime implicating one's relatives of all three types - obscure term ➜ 三族

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)

noun:

• bamboo wall-top spikes (or wood, iron); spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves

noun:

• stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage ➜ 白洲

expression:

• to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

noun / ~する noun:

• remaining in office; staying in office; remaining at one's post

noun:

• hairline at nape of neck; nape of neck

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be at a loss; to be in a corner

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow; to grow up ➜ 長ずる
• to be good at; to excel in ➜ 長ずる

noun:

• literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper) ➜ 運動部

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:

• to grow; to grow up ➜ 長じる
• to be good at; to excel in ➜ 長じる

noun:

• (seat at) the head of the table; seat of honour (honor) - colloquialism

noun:

• mist over a body of water; spray
• suien; four decorative metal plates joined at right angles forming part of a pagoda finial ［すいえん］

noun:

• postcards with the bottom third of the front side reserved for an advertisement, and sold at a lower cost than regular postcards

noun:

• companies exploiting debtors by forcing them to make expensive credit card purchases and buying the purchases at a fraction of the price

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to compete; to contest; to contend
• to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose
• to deny (e.g. evidence) - usu. in negative form ➜ 争えない

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled - idiom