noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of general affairs) - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to bow (of one's back, e.g. due to age); to bend

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth - idiom

noun:

• home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home
• ruins; historic remains ［ふるさと］ - archaism

noun:

• cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf
• beef - usu. ぎゅう ➜ 牛肉
• Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［ぎゅう］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

noun:

• devil; demon; fiend
• Satan; the Devil - in Christianity and Judaism ➜ サタン
• Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment

noun:

• height; stature
• length (esp. of clothing)
• all (one has); everything ➜ 思いのたけ・心のたけ
• magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)

expression:

• also; too; not ... either; as well; even
• (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise - after the volitional or dictionary form of verb

noun / ~する noun:

• laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter
• scornful laughter; snicker; snigger - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle
• fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles

noun / ~する noun:

• self-respect
• prudence; not acting rashly; restraining oneself
• taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health

noun / ~する noun:

• inability to make up one's mind due to worrying about how others will think; hesitation; wavering; vacillation - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• eating between meals; wasteful eating habits; waste of resources
• living idly; loafing one's way through life ➜ 無駄飯【むだめし】・徒食【としょく】

expression:

• pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

~と adverb:

• quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

noun / ~する noun:

• brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)

noun:

• Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides ➜ 平入り

expression:

• pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand ➜ 見て見ぬ振り

adjectival noun:

• comprador-like; being an underling to a foreign company to the detriment of one's own country

expression / noun / adjectival noun:

• real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own) - the いい is ironic

noun:

• wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• gas pedal; pressing one's foot on the genitals of a supine person while pulling on their feet

expression / noun:

• having one's own premises ➜ 部屋持ちの親方【へやもちのおやかた】
• Edo-period prostitute successful enough to have her own room in an establishment - abbr. of 部屋持ち女郎

noun:

• firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc. ➜ 矢面に立つ
• direction of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy) - orig. meaning