noun:

• the wise readily adapt themselves to changed circumstances; the wise are quick to acknowledge their mistakes and correct them - four character idiom
• (in colloquial usage, ironically or as an excuse) the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor

expression:

• Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead) ➜ 閻魔
• (being a) fuss-pot; complaining about things in the public eye

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pin down; to hold down; to press down - also written as 圧さえる
• to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to press (a body part)
• to get a hold of; to obtain; to seize; to catch; to arrest
• to grasp (a point); to comprehend
• to quell; to subdue; to suppress; to repress; to hold back; to check; to curb; to contain ➜ 抑える【おさえる】

noun:

• 43rd year of the sexagenary cycle (year of the Fire Horse, renowned for disasters and the birth of women destined to kill their husbands)

noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat in the New Year) ➜ 子の日の遊び

noun:

• tip-off; squealing (to the authorities)

noun:

• cloth to wipe the sweat off

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to have more wins than losses; to lead someone (by no. of matches)
• to take the lead over an opponent (in points)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out - idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

noun / ~する noun:

• return to the battle line; come back to the game (on to the field); a comeback - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to sweep away the stresses of the day; to unwind; to refresh the mind

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of - idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers)
• to fold; to bend
• to make (origami)
• to interrupt; to end ➜ 筆を折る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off
• to be washed up (on the shore)

godan ~く verb:

• to be underwater from the neck down; to collect shells, seaweed, etc. by diving under the water - archaism
• to force something under the surface of the water

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask

noun:

• wealth and military strength of a country; "rich country, strong army": a slogan from the Meiji era referring to the government's goals for the country - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• shrewd; smart (and wide-awake); cunning; crafty
• inedible; uneatable
• unable to support oneself; unable to keep body and soul together

noun:

• pogo; dance in which one jumps up and down to the beat of the music

noun:

• government property
• taxes and other fees paid by the provinces to the governement (ritsuryo system) ［かんもつ］

noun:

• construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to redeem; to take out of pawn
• to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage (by paying off her debt to her employer) ➜ 身請け

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; to make (grind) one's body into dust [literal] - idiom ➜ 身を粉にする【みをこにする】