noun:

• living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be valuable as scrap; to be able to do other work; to have marketable skills

noun:

• elementary school (esp. the elementary school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); primary school

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to bite each other
• to fit together

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to mutually encroach
• to eat together

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders ➜ 組む

noun:

• Carcharodon (genus containing the extant great white shark and the extinct megalodon shark in the mackerel or white shark family Lamnidae)

noun:

• good morals and manners; genial manners and laudable customs; pristine way of life - four character idiom

noun:

• good appetite and good bowel movements; enjoying one's food and having regular stools - four character idiom

noun:

• hourglass economy; economy having large upper and lower classes and a small middle class

noun:

• store buying and selling metal utensils and tools; hardware store; ironmonger's shop

noun / adjectival noun:

• inconsistency between one's words and actions; insincerity; saying one thing and doing another

noun:

• vehicle larger than a light motor vehicle, and subject to automobile registration and tax ➜ 軽自動車

noun:

• apartment with one bedroom and a combined living room, dining room and kitchen ➜ ＬＤＫ【エルディーケー】

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to complete most of something; to take a concrete shape; for the most important parts to be done; the nose and eyes are in place [literal] - idiom

noun:

• (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji with a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
• (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

noun:

• amateur wrestling on a street corner or in an empty field (esp. in autumn) - Sumo term
• wrestling show in a roadside tent - Sumo term

expression:

• in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of ➜ に照らすと

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• alone - archaism
• spilling tears in large drops; crying out in anguish; crying out in sorrow

expression:

• in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of ➜ に照らして

expression:

• neither one thing nor the other; too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie [literal]

noun:

• middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school ➜ 高等部

noun:

• Protector General; Tang-period Chinese official in charge of the local Protectorate General ➜ 都護府
• travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara- and Heian-period position) ➜ 按察使

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• worn-out; ragged; tattered; battered; scruffy - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / adjectival noun / ~する noun:

• crumbling; dry and crumbly - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• falling (in drops or clumps); scattering - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• (physically or mentally) worn-out; exhausted - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• (coming to light) one after another - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; falling seven times, getting up eight times [literal] - idiom

noun:

• the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life - idiom