expression:

• necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one - proverb

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to live on air
• to derive nourishment from an elemental portion of mist or fog (the goal of a mountain ascetic) ➜ 仙人

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be highly-reputed and sell extremely well (of a printed literary work); to raise the price of paper in Luoyang [literal] - idiom - archaism

noun:

• any monkey of family Cebidae (esp. the capuchin monkeys of genus Cebus, but also including marmosets, tamarins and squirrel monkeys)

noun:

• Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San: pratītya-samutpāda); twelve causal links - Buddhism term

noun:

• New Year ornament (usu. of straw, fern leaves, seaweed and bitter orange fruit, and hung at the entrance of a home)

noun:

• student at the same middle school; graduate of the same middle school - colloquialism

noun:

• marginal seal (special seal affixed into the margins of an official document to indicate that any later revisions to the document are valid)

noun:

• red Fuji; when Mt Fuji appears red because of the sun's rays (esp. in the early morning from late summer to early autumn)

adverb:

• that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means
• in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically

noun:

• clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage
• shrinkage
• end; conclusion ➜ とどのつまり
• dead end; corner - archaism
• distress; being at the end of one's rope - archaism

noun:

• the principle (philosophy) of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; the policy of "see-not, hear-not, and speak-not" - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; sika deer and maple leaves (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting) [literal]

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of; to strike on; to hit on an answer; to seize the crux of a problem

noun:

• looter; thief at the scene of a fire - abbreviation ➜ 火事場泥棒
• someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime

noun:

• looter; thief at the scene of a fire
• someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to perform anal sex; to bugger; to sodomize; to sodomise ➜ 釜を掘る
• to crash a car into the back of another (usu. used in the passive voice); to rear-end

noun:

• Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE) ［こうらい］ - abbreviation

noun / prefix noun:

• Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty)

noun:

• (stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine ［狛］ ➜ 狛犬

noun:

• formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono

noun:

• taste (of a liquid, esp. alcoholic beverages) - usu. のみくち
• someone who enjoys alcohol
• place one's lips touch on the rim of a cup
• shape of one's mouth when drinking
• tap; faucet; spigot - usu. のみぐち

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to descend; to go down; to come down
• to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
• to pass (of time)
• to surrender; to capitulate
• to be less than; to be inferior to - often in neg. form
• to have the runs; to have diarrhea - also written as 瀉る ➜ 腹が下る
• to pass (in stool); to be discharged from the body
• to depreciate oneself; to be humble - archaism

noun:

• sitz bath; sitting bath; bath for the lower half of the body
• lower pool (e.g. in an onsen); lower bath

noun:

• advancing money; temporary payment for someone else; payment on behalf of another party, with the expectation of being reimbursed later

noun:

• practice of buying a bottle of spirits at a bar which is then kept there for the customer - From English "bottle keep"

suffix:

• (strongly emphatic) too preoccupied or busy to even think of ...; ... is out of the question; this is not an occasion for

noun:

• explanatory notes (at the start of a book); introductory remarks; usage guide (e.g. of a dictionary)
• legend (on maps, drawings, etc.) ➜ キャプション