noun:

• hanger-on; dependent
• someone who is received coldly
• third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate) - familiar language

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hoist one's sail when the wind is fair; to get one's time to shine - idiom

noun:

• place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat ➜ 避暑

noun:

• touching a wrong card
• making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium
• to suit; to go well together; to be a good match

expression:

• walk a mile in other's shoes to understand their suffering; you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; pinch yourself and know others' pain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
• staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves

noun / ~の noun:

• de facto marriage; common-law marriage; living together as husband and wife without formal marriage - four character idiom

noun:

• emperor; living god; god incarnate
• miracle-working god (who appears as the occasion demands)

noun:

• radio equipment; facility that can transmit radio waves (as defined in Japan's radio law)

noun:

• specified disaster; disaster of extreme severity; large-scale (natural, etc.) disaster identified as especially disruptive - Law term

ichidan verb:

• to carry in one's own hands; to carry in a manner that is obvious to others - colloquialism ➜ 提げる【さげる】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

noun / ~する noun:

• getting angry (with someone who is angry with oneself); snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong) - slang ➜ キレる

noun:

• common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice; social etiquette

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to amuse; to delight; to entertain; to please; to regale; to give someone a good time; to impart delight; to give pleasure to

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information) ➜ いいとこ取り【いいとこどり】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to keep a fine house; to put up a front; to make the front of the house nice (and be pretentious about it)

noun:

• panel; scene-panel
• painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted - symbolically a reflection of tree at the front of the stage

noun:

• one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of

noun:

• public goods (i.e. goods or services such as lighthouses, military installations, etc., which are provided by government) ➜ 集合財

noun:

• writers and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting and calligraphy - four character idiom

noun:

• Okinawan lion (or lion dog) statue placed as talisman against evil at entrances and on roofs - しーしー and しし are col. ➜ 獅子

noun:

• bread roll filled with anko
• paint thinner placed inside a bag used as a drug

expression / ichidan verb:

• to accept an offer; to be charmed by someone's kind words and do as he wishes