noun:

• frizz; short tufts springing up from hair surface here and there; kink; idiot hair

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to tear up
• to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to tear off

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily; to do ... vigorously - after the -masu stem of a verb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to - idiom

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• stylish; smart; fashionable
• high collar ➜ ハイカラー
• hair dressed in a western style

~する noun:

• to dress in the latest Western fashion

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to overcharge; to rip off; to rob; to soak

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to twist; to wrench; to turn (a switch on or off, etc.); to wring (a neck)
• to puzzle over
• to defeat easily

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to concede defeat; to surrender; to take one's hat off (to somebody) [literal] - idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make off; to abscond; to get away; to pull a vanishing act

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to cut loose; to act without restraint

noun:

• driving off birds
• procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house
• female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen
• street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to reach the summit (e.g. of a mountain)
• to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

noun:

• sardine and holly charm; sardine head and holly branch placed next to the front door during setsubun to ward off demons

noun:

• making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared
• rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to cut open (a tied bundle); to release (prisoners)

godan ~む verb:

• to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cut with scissors; to put scissors to; to punch (e.g. ticket); to prune (e.g. shrub)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to cut down; to chop down; to fell

noun:

• setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism ➜ 方塞がり・方違へ所

noun:

• setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism ➜ 方塞がり