noun:

• warm-up (before an act or a TV show recording)
• prologue; introduction

expression / noun:

• chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words

expression:

• to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree [literal] - from Mencius - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering) - Shintō term
• sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica) ➜ 榊

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal] - obscure term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to drive into; to ride into
• to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks)
• to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes)
• to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat

noun:

• passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
• passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time ➜ 拾い箸

expression:

• to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius) [literal] - variant of 木に縁りて... - proverb ➜ 木に縁りて魚を求む【きによりてうおをもとむ】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again

noun:

• tie-up program; tie-up programme

noun:

• dial-up access; dial-up connection - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• cleaning up; tidying up - children's language

adjective:

• no way; no chance - emphatic repetition of 無い ➜ 無い

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• aloof; morose; stuck-up; standoffish - onomatopoeia
• smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell - onomatopoeia

noun:

• unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest - abbreviation ➜ 藪をつついて蛇を出す

noun / ~する noun:

• (providing) covering fire - four character idiom
• supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get stiff legs (after walking or standing up for a long time) - idiom

expression:

• nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up [literal] - proverb

noun:

• solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)

expression:

• nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up [literal] - proverb

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter) - colloquialism ➜ 係う【かかずらう】
• to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality)
• to take part (in some work); to hang about; to bother (someone)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter)
• to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality)
• to take part (in some work); to hang about; to bother (someone)

noun:

• model; dummy; mock-up
• model (profession); fashion model
• model (of a car, etc.); make; version
• model; example; template; standard
• model (in model theory); theory
• person a fictional character was modeled on; inspiration