expression:

• good medicine tastes bitter; the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to - proverb

noun:

• ancient Shinto (as practiced prior to the Introduction of Confucianism and Buddhism to Japan)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be born (of a baby); to come into the world

noun:

• survivability; military term for the ability to withstand an attack and continue to function

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to throw; to fling; to hurl; to toss
• to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone; to give up on; to leave undone; to leave unfinished ➜ 放っておく

noun:

• Griffiths' pygmy-goby (Trimma griffithsi, found in the Indo-West Pacific); princess pygmy goby (Trimma marinae, found in Japan, New Guinea and Palau)

noun:

• blue poetry ribbon card (in hanafuda)
• the three blue poetry ribbon cards (high-scoring combination in hanafuda) ➜ 花札

godan ~む verb:

• to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms)
• to put together; to construct; to assemble; to produce (e.g. TV program)
• to braid; to plait
• to grapple; to wrestle
• to unite; to join; to link up; to form an alliance
• to set (e.g. type)
• to issue (e.g. money order)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to break off (mid-sentence)
• to speak to; to address

noun:

• standard measurement for the distance between pillars in the Kansai area (approx. 197 cm) ➜ 田舎間
• Kyoto-size tatami mat (approx. 190 cm by 95 cm) ➜ 田舎間

noun:

• fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed)
• location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra ［しゅらじょう］ ➜ 阿修羅【あしゅら】・帝釈天【たいしゃくてん】
• difficulties (in a love relationship) ［しゅらば］ - colloquialism
• crunch time (esp. for cartoonists) ［しゅらば］ - colloquialism

noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame [literal] - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame ➜ 閉月羞花・沈魚落雁

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to delude; to mislead; to deceive
• to tempt; to seduce

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to

noun:

• the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948) ➜ 紀元節・四方拝・天長節・明治節

~する noun:

• to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to be disconcerted; to dumbfounded ➜ 閉口
• to be fed up with; to be tired of; to find unable to bear
• to wince; to shrink back; to cringe

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to support; to maintain; to provide for
• to bring up; to raise; to rear; to feed
• to adopt (a child)
• to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.); to develop; to build up; to foster
• to recuperate (from injury, illness, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• parting in tears; tearful parting; coming to grief; having to take a different tack; going separate ways

suffix noun:

• suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt

noun:

• available to promise (i.e. a product is in stock and can be promised to a buyer); ATP

expression / godan ~う verb:

• I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt - incorrect variant of 合いの手を入れる ➜ 合いの手を入れる