godan ~つ verb:

• to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the marketplace [literal] - idiom

noun:

• the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street")
• street; district; quarters
• location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
• divide (e.g. between life and death)
• fork (in a road); crossroads - orig. meaning

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fall in love at first sight
• to see for the first time; to meet for the first time - archaism
• to have sexual relations for the first time - archaism

expression:

• one way or the other; either way

expression:

• one way or the other; either way

noun:

• Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil)

~する verb (spec.):

• to come to (in the end); to end in
• to attribute; to blame

godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する):

• to come to (in the end); to end in ➜ 帰する
• to attribute; to blame

expression:

• with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand

noun:

• age of the moon; number of days since the new moon
• age in months (esp. of an infant)

expression:

• which is which; one or the other

noun:

• Hundred Schools of Thought; general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period - four character idiom

noun:

• weather wheel; pillar found near graveyards and temples with a wheel attached to it that can be used to communicate with the dead, as well as for divination
• sun pillar ➜ 太陽柱

noun:

• first day of cherry blossoms reaching full bloom; first day in which at least 80% of the somei yoshino cherry blossom has opened (in a specific region or place)

noun:

• bottle of whiskey (whisky) that a bar customer buys, writes his name on, keeps on a shelf at the bar, and drinks little by little on successive visits - From English "keep bottle"

noun:

• mainland; one's home country; the country proper

noun:

• physical strength; the strength of one's muscles

noun:

• one's views on the family; family values

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to pay (e.g. money, bill)
• to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches)
• to drive away (e.g. one's competitors)
• to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of
• to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern)
• to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert
• to move out (of one's own place); to vacate
• to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside
• to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy)
• to reset (an abacus)

noun:

• threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two) (in Tendai) - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle
• fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles

expression / noun:

• having one's own premises ➜ 部屋持ちの親方【へやもちのおやかた】
• Edo-period prostitute successful enough to have her own room in an establishment - abbr. of 部屋持ち女郎

noun / ~する noun:

• expression in writing; written representation; notation; transcription; orthography
• writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face

noun / ~する noun:

• looking straight ahead; looking in the face
• looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); confronting

noun:

• normal vision; emmetropia

noun:

• tyre chains; anti-skid device
• backup measure; taking entrance examination to a university in case one fails at other universities