noun:

• one's opinion on life and death; life-and-death issue (e.g. in religion)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be highly strung; to get excited; to get worked up
• to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous

noun / ~する noun:

• front and back; inside and outside; two sides; both sides

noun:

• duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced

noun:

• long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

noun:

• (former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) ➜ 総務省

noun:

• eyes and ears; seeing and hearing
• one's attention; one's interest

adverb / ~の noun:

• repeatedly; frequently; over and over; time and time again

adverb:

• exceedingly; sincerely; very much

noun:

• between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; spring and fall clothing

noun:

• wisdom and self-protection; wise and skilled in the art of self-protection - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to stretch; to reach out for
• to thrust (javelin)
• to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.) ➜ 手を差し伸べる

noun:

• exception; exclusion

~する noun:

• to omit; to disallow (e.g. in a sport after a rule is broken); to reject (e.g. faulty product); to eject; to expel; to throw out

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to carry on one's back
• to be burdened with; to take responsibility for
• to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be conceited; to think highly of oneself ［しょう］ - in the form しょってる ➜ しょってる

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to blow away; to blow off; to blow up
• to dispel; to drive away
• to talk big

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hit
• to expose
• to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against; to hold on; to hold against
• to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class)
• to guess (an answer)
• to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)

noun:

• between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; spring and fall clothing - also written as 間 - abbreviation ➜ 合い服

suffix:

• together
• condition; situation; state
• -ish

expression:

• sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams) - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• taste for both wines and sweets; having a liking for both alcoholic beverages and sweet things - four character idiom

expression:

• Riches and honors are as fleeting as floating clouds; Fortune and fame are here today, gone tomorrow - four character idiom

expression:

• amateurish and haughty way of doing business; venturing into an unfamiliar line of business (and often failing) ➜ 士族

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• being both repellant and attractive at the same time; being both cute and disgusting - slang - colloquialism

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to establish oneself in life; to achieve success; to reach a high position
• to begin life (as an adult); to step out into the world

expression / ichidan verb:

• to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.) ➜ 活
• to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone; to give someone a pep talk ➜ 喝

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to give (someone) a treat - esp. 奢る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be extravagant; to live luxuriously
• to be proud; to be haughty - esp. 驕る 傲る

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool - colloquialism ➜ 頭にくる