expression:

• filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents) (from The Classic of Filial Piety)

noun / ~の noun:

• outside (e.g. of a building); exterior
• outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

noun:

• band

~する noun:

• to perform in a band; to create a (pop) band

noun:

• The Bund (Shanghai, China)

noun:

• leader of a female gang; leader of a group of delinquent girls

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to shave off (esp. concrete)
• to take a percentage; to take a cut

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to dump (a load of something)
• to throw from a height; to throw downwards

expression / ichidan verb:

• to receive a favorable reputation; to get good reviews; to meet with a favorable reception

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a time-limit expire; to pass a deadline; to pass an expiration date ➜ 期限切れ・切れる

interjection:

• thank you; thanks - abbreviation ➜ どうも有難う

adverb:

• much (thanks); very (sorry); quite (regret)
• quite; really; mostly
• somehow
• in spite of oneself; try as one might; no matter how hard one may try (to, not to) ➜ どうしても

interjection:

• greetings; hello; goodbye

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut of the preceding cart [literal] ➜ 轍を踏む

noun / ~する noun:

• letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader
• contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.) ➜ 投稿

noun:

• life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to hold between; to grip with (from both sides); to nip; to catch (e.g. one's finger in a door)
• to put between; to sandwich between; to insert; to interpose; to interject
• to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.); to be across (a street, river, etc.); to have between each other

noun:

• warehouse style; house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud ➜ 土蔵造り

noun / ~する noun:

• building a kura storehouse; someone who builds kura storehouses

noun:

• bulletin board; notice board; billboard; roadside sign; sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc. ➜ 高札

noun:

• bus without a step up into it, usually because it lowers itself or has a lift; low-floor bus - From English "non-step bus"

noun:

• jacket type (e.g. a style of clothing)
• jacket-style buoyancy control device (BCD) shaped like a sleeveless coat

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; to light one's fingernail (instead of a candle) [literal]

noun:

• various intimate services (e.g. massage) rendered by a female high school student or young woman wearing a high school uniform ➜ ＪＫビジネス【ジェイケイビジネス】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby) - obscure term ➜ 機嫌を取る

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby) - obscure term ➜ 機嫌をとる

noun:

• panel; scene-panel
• painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted - symbolically a reflection of tree at the front of the stage

noun:

• substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; to twist a baby's arm [literal] - idiom ➜ 赤子の腕をひねる

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; to twist a baby's arm [literal] - obscure term - idiom ➜ 赤子の手をひねる