expression / godan ~う verb:

• to drive a quill (pen); to wield the writing brush

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to destroy a relationship

noun:

• nature of a disease

noun:

• a slight wound

noun:

• a little; a few; a bit; a touch; a smidge

noun / ~する noun:

• looking for a change of occupation; looking for a new job

noun:

• home territory of a powerful figure; Imperial Court; businessman's turf; Shogun's headquarters ➜ 膝元【ひざもと】

noun:

• supervised trading of a stock, e.g. during delisting

adverb:

• with a thud - onomatopoeia

expression:

• a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved - proverb
• I've got something to ask you

expression:

• there's no such thing as a free lunch

noun:

• prize awarded for a person's effort

noun:

• using one's chopsticks to find a food one likes by rummaging in one's dish, pot, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• congratulations on entering a school; gift to someone entering a school

noun:

• crime of plotting a crime; crime of preparing to commit an offense; preparation of a crime - Law term

noun:

• epigraph on a stone monument; ancient inscriptions on monuments

noun / ~する noun:

• submitting a haiku (for publication) ➜ 俳句

noun:

• fish with a human-looking face

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a person in one's service; to employ

noun:

• a fire door

noun:

• protective covering for a book (often in the form of a folding case with clasps)

counter:

• counter for book covers

noun:

• dismantling a (family) tomb

noun:

• contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game - four character idiom

noun:

• shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel; spinning a pottery wheel
• gesticulating with your hands as if you were shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel - slang - humorous term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to surmount a difficulty; to go across a mountain ➜ 峠を越す