noun:

• game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head

expression:

• any port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to have a talented child despite being untalented oneself; a kite gives birth to a hawk [literal] - idiom

noun:

• top of a flight of stairs; exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a hit; to have a great success (e.g. in business, with a play, etc.)

noun:

• leading wave (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave crest reaches land before a trough) ➜ 引き波

noun:

• briefing a patient about a disease; treating a patient by talking to them - From German "Mundtherapie"

expression:

• the world is a scene of constant changes; a mulberry field changes into a blue sea [literal] - proverb

noun:

• dropping; losing - abbreviation
• missing item; something one forgot to write down
• trap
• wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed
• conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 落とし掛け

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to keep one's wit about one; to be on one's guard; to be wary; to keep on one's toes - idiom ➜ 眉に唾をつける

noun:

• (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji with a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
• (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to throw down; to bring down; to blow down; to fell; to knock down; to set (something) down on its side; to turn (something) on its side ［倒す］
• to kill; to defeat; to beat
• to overthrow; to trip up; to ruin ［倒す］
• to leave unpaid; to cheat ［倒す］

expression:

• many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; even dust becomes a mountain if piled together [literal] - proverb

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• recently; nowadays; these days; now; at present

adverb:

• not at all (with neg. verb)
• wholly; entirely; completely

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• dumbfounded; stumped; at one's wits' end; nonplussed
• annoyed

noun:

• secret intention; ulterior motive
• kanji "heart" radical at bottom

noun / ~する noun:

• regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt

noun / ~する noun:

• using together (jointly); used at the same time

noun / ~する noun:

• being at sea; losing one's bearings; confusion; wonderment

adjective:

• pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at

noun:

• shell gathering (at low tide); clamming

expression / noun:

• loving something but being very bad at it - idiom

adverb:

• resting at times
• with careful thought; after proper consideration - used reproachfully