expression / noun:

• manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something

adverb:

• at the same time as speaking; as one speaks ［いいざま］

noun:

• announcing meals (at a Zen monastery); meal announcer - Buddhism term
• noh mask resembling a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to) - idiom

expression:

• (deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime - usu. as 足元から鳥が立つように - idiom

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
• to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to be hard pressed; to be at a loss ➜ 窮する
• to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

noun:

• message appended to a note accompanying a gift, requesting the recipient to keep the gift at hand

noun:

• the concerned government agencies; the ministries and agencies that are relevant to the matter at hand; the relevant authorities - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to close one's eyes partly; to squint
• to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

noun:

• assembly of monks and laity (at a rite, sermon, etc.) - Buddhism term
• (monks and laity of) the Jishu sect - Buddhism term ➜ 時宗

noun:

• foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain
• range; spread; extent; encompassing circle

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to choose at one's own discretion
• to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

expression / adjective:

• to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pose a riddle
• to hint (at); to drop a hint

noun:

• (at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do

noun:

• processing trade (importing all or part of raw and auxiliary materials, parts, components, accessories, and packaging materials in bond from a foreign company, and re-exporting the finished products after processing or assembly for distribution and sale by that foreign company)

noun:

• meddling; interference; making a pass at someone ➜ ちょっかいを出す
• extending a paw to drag something closer
• hand; arm; wrist - derogatory term - archaism
• disfigured arm; disfigured hand - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to depend on one's parents' (financial) support; to nibble at one's parents' shins [literal] - idiom

expression:

• home is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world; there's room for us all in the world; wherever there are humans, there are burial places [literal]

expression:

• attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee [literal] - proverb

expression:

• now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease - four character idiom

noun:

• door-to-door manzai; form of comedy orig. performed at people's homes by entertainers during the New Year festivities; precursor to modern day manzai ➜ 漫才

adverb:

• at the long end (e.g. hold); on the long side (e.g. cut) ➜ 長め

expression:

• red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning - proverb