expression:

• take care of the penny; he who makes fun of one yen will cry at one yen [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one
• to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor - orig. meaning

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale; to use a sprat to catch a mackerel; to get big returns on a small investment - idiom

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be effective; to show effect ➜ 薬が効く
• to do its work; to carry out its function well ➜ 目が利く
• to be possible to use ➜ 割引が効く

noun:

• an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north - four character idiom

suffix / godan ~く verb:

• to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

godan ~く verb:

• to jerk off; to masturbate - vulgar - colloquialism

noun:

• On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin, 1859); origin of species

noun:

• being something of an artist; having something of the artist in one - four character idiom

noun:

• being something of a politician; having something of the politician in one - four character idiom

noun:

• guardian deity of grain farming; guardian deity of the rice harvest

noun:

• system of Japanese provinces under the ritsuryo system; ancient provinces of Japan ➜ 律令【りつりょう】

noun:

• National People's Congress (of the People's Republic of China); NPC

noun:

• National People's Congress (of the People's Republic of China); NPC - abbreviation ➜ 全国人民代表大会

noun:

• personal ornament (adorned with gemstones, and usu. worn by the nobility in ancient India or adorning Buddhist statues); necklace; diadem
• moulded decoration hanging from the edges of a Buddhist canopy, gables, etc.

noun:

• adipocere; grave wax; greying of the body fats of a corpse which rests in a moist but airless place (graying)

noun:

• taste (in goods, etc.)
• manners; etiquette
• modesty; restraint; prudence
• knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.); accomplishments
• taking care of one's personal appearance

noun:

• retainer; attendant - archaism
• Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight) ［おみ］ ➜ 八色の姓
• I; me ［しん］ - used by a servant when speaking to their master - humble language

noun:

• complete emptiness (i.e. as a denial of the inherent existence of all things); nirvana (where this emptiness is realized) - Buddhism term

adjectival noun / noun:

• quiet and lonely - archaism

noun:

• lower government office (ritsuryo system)
• servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer
• servant of an urban family
• serf ➜ 被官百姓

noun:

• chasing down; pushing down; deposing; ousting
• sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)

noun / ~の noun:

• full of wiles and tricks; match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster; shrewdly avoiding the opponent's strong points and attacking its weaknesses - four character idiom

noun:

• square (shape) ［ますがた］
• square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ［斗形］
• (in a castle) rectangular space between the inner and outer gates (where troops can gather) ［ますがた］

particle:

• used to create a form of question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something, e.g. "Like hell I will!" - male language

noun / ~の noun:

• bargaining; negotiation
• turning one's body to the left or right and standing (when leaving the presence of nobility, etc.)
• sailing close-hauled; sailing on a close reach

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to attend a meeting; to have the honor of being present at a meeting; to soil the lowest seat by one's presence [literal] - humble language