noun:

• area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956) ➜ 青線地帯

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple
• to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to cave in; to crumble; to give away
• to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to break down (e.g. from overwork)
• to die; to be killed
• to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.); to fail; to collapse; to go under
• to be defeated (in a game); to lose
• to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.); to be overthrown

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cause a stir; to create a stir; to make a stir; to cause repercussions

expression:

• to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and save a large one [literal] - proverb

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:

• fixed game; bid-rigging; put-up job; contest in which the victor is practically known beforehand (e.g. due to unfair conditions or an obvious difference in strength) - from 出来合いのレース - abbreviation

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate

noun:

• prajna; wisdom required to attain enlightenment - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "prajñā"
• noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy) ➜ 般若面【はんにゃめん】
• family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask
• dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression - abbreviation ➜ 般若面【はんにゃづら】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to remove; to take off; to detach; to unfasten; to undo
• to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to exclude; to expel
• to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to step out; to slip away
• to dodge (a question, blow, etc.); to evade; to sidestep; to avoid (e.g. peak season)
• to miss (a target, chance, punch, etc.) Antonym: 当たる

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be duplicated; to be repeated ➜ ダブル
• to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to coincide
• to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.)
• to make a double play - Baseball term ➜ ダブルプレー
• to make a double fault (in tennis) - Sports term ➜ ダブルフォールト

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to bolt down one's food; to gulp down; to eat quickly ➜ 掻っ込む【かっこむ】
• to carry under the arm; to rake in; to scoop up ➜ 掻い込む

noun:

• leader of a (large) group ➜ 小頭
• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp ➜ 大纛
• leader of a (large) group
• puffbird (any bird of family Bucconidae) - usually written using kana alone
• first makushita rikishi listed on the banzuke - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• service; ministry; attendance; church work
• offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

noun:

• reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); trailing note
• lingering memory; aftertaste
• suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• ending the climbing season; closure of a mountain to climbers
• closing a mine; discontinuation of mining

expression / adjective:

• having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret Antonym: 口が堅い ➜ 口の軽い

expression:

• once a fool, always a fool; stupidity won't be cured without death [literal] - proverb

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• tender sentiments; being overcome with emotions; having a tender feeling (for a person) - archaism - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• wind blowing snow down a mountain
• removing snow from the roof of a house

noun:

• yell made by archers when firing a volley of arrows; yell which opens a battle

noun:

• very old type of kiln made by digging a hole in the side of a hill

noun:

• small country with a small population (The Chinese philosopher Lao-tze's ideal of a state) - four character idiom

expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom

expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom

expression:

• the world is a scene of constant changes; the blue sea turns into a mulberry field [literal] - four character idiom