expression / ichidan verb:

• to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together
• to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody - idiom

expression:

• killing three birds with one stone - four character idiom ➜ いっせきにちょう

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to choke up; to be speechless - idiom
• to hold one's tongue - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to cut in; to butt in - idiom

noun:

• path staked out for one (by somebody else) - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to ripen
• to give one's everything; to make one's best effort - idiom ➜ 身が入る

expression / noun:

• (adding) fuel to the fire - idiom ➜ 火に油を注ぐ

expression / noun:

• unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad - idiom

noun:

• marrying to become a housewife; permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife) [literal] - idiom - colloquialism

noun:

• large tengu; powerful tengu ➜ 天狗
• big braggart; blowhard - idiom ➜ 天狗

noun:

• small tengu ➜ 天狗
• promising young martial arts practitioner - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking - usu. ～の... - idiom

expression / noun:

• large number of words; sea of words [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• being postponed; being shelved; being put on hold - idiom
• putting in storage; thing put in storage - lit. meaning

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to pulverize; to break into pieces ➜ 粉々になる【こなごなになる】
• to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush; to destroy - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to ring an alarm bell
• to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn; to raise the alarm; to send a wake-up call - idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot - idiom ➜ 痛い所

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to antagonize; to provoke antipathy - idiom

noun:

• (at a) snail's pace; inch by (painful) inch - often adverbially as ～に... - idiom

expression:

• this (is) again - これ + また

expression / interjection:

• how ...!; what ...! - idiom ➜ 何て

noun / ~する noun:

• strikeout - Baseball term ➜ 三振

noun:

• (several) vain attempts; failing despite giving one's best - idiom