noun:

• hair at the temples; hair at the sides of the head

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hit the mark; to hit the nail on the head

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to spill; to fall out of; to overflow
• to peek through; to become visible (although normally not)
• to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to succeed as planned; to carry through; to accomplish

noun:

• expectant right (as opposed to a vested right); contingent right

noun:

• fake refugee; phony refugee; illegal migrant disguised as a refugee

noun:

• domestic service; working as a housemaid; domestic help; domestic helper - archaism - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent

ichidan verb:

• to compare; to liken
• to use as a pretext

noun:

• person who is made to do things or go get things for someone else; person who runs errands; gofer - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 使いっ走り

expression / auxiliary adjective:

• cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to - after the -nai stem of a verb

expression:

• cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to ➜ ざるを得ない【ざるをえない】

noun / ~の noun:

• money monger; money-happy person; person who is money-mad; money-grubber

expression:

• there is a suitable spouse for everyone; every Jack has his Jill; a mended lid for a cracked pot [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Lamarckian evolutionary theory in which individuals lose characteristics that are not used and develop characteristics that are often used ➜ ラマルク説

noun:

• popular music; common people's music (as opposed to court music) Antonym: 雅楽

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to fly up (as if dancing); to soar; to rise

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• devote oneself to
• to do as one pleases; to act selfishly

noun:

• The Classic of Poetry; The Book of Songs; The Book of Odes; Shijing; Shih Ching ➜ 五経

proper noun:

• Epistle to the Hebrews (book of the Bible); Letter to the Hebrews; Hebrews ➜ ヘブライ人への手紙

noun:

• sneeze

expression:

• spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death ［くさめ］ - idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick
• vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim

noun:

• chickweed (stitchwort) roasted and mixed with salt, then ground into a powder for use as toothpaste - obscure term

pre-noun adjectival:

• Mother (as in Mother Earth, Mother Nature, etc.) ➜ 母なる自然

noun:

• one clap
• one beat
• one mora (taken as a unit of time)