expression / noun:

• the strong overwhelming the weak; completing various things without difficulty; Mt. Tai crushes an egg [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• first star of the Big Dipper
• top applicant in the civil service examination (Imperial China) - archaism

noun / adjectival noun:

• attractive body; nice-looking body - From English "nice body"

adverb:

• ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") - emph. form of 一体 - four character idiom

godan ~る verb:

• to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away

noun:

• the principle (philosophy) of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; the policy of "see-not, hear-not, and speak-not" - four character idiom

expression:

• playing while the cat is away; taking a break while the boss is out; doing what one wants when one is (finally) alone; relaxing while the demon is out [literal] - idiom ➜ 洗濯

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have a narrow view of things; to look at the ceiling through a reed [literal]

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have a narrow view of things; to look at the ceiling through a reed [literal]

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have a break in the conversation; to experience an awkward silence; an angel passes [literal] - from the French 'un ange pass' - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to help a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to extend the term; to extend a deadline

expression / ichidan verb:

• to summer; to go away for the summer - obscure term

noun:

• customer appeal; the power to appeal to customers - four character idiom

expression:

• it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods

expression:

• money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; even in hell, the extent of one's suffering is determined by money [literal] - proverb

adverb / noun:

• (to) the end; thoroughly - onomatopoeia

expression:

• to the end ➜ 始めから

noun:

• (courteous) invitation; call

~する noun:

• to invite (with the utmost courtesy, e.g. an expert or professor to give a lecture)

conjunction:

• if one were to speak of ..., then certainly; if it were the case that ..., then certainly; if it were a ..., then certainly; phrase used to indicate the inevitability of what follows it (based on what precedes it) ➜ 言う・言う
• so that means (when used in sentence-initial position)

noun:

• fall; decline; lowering; hanging down; drooping; slanting (downward) Antonym: 上がり
• string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt - Sumo term
• food offering to the gods; leftovers; hand-me-downs - usu. as お下がり ➜ お下がり
• leaving (one's master's place for home)

suffix noun / noun:

• a little after ...

godan ~く verb:

• to take a step backward; to retreat a step

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to book a seat; to take a seat - obscure term

noun:

• someone whose kanji-writing ability has suffered due to overreliance on the kana-to-kanji conversion systems used to input Japanese text on a computer - IT term

particle:

• such things as ...; and ... and - used for non-exhaustive lists related to a specific time and place
• the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as - after the dictionary form of a verb ➜ や否や

unclassified:

• be; is - plain copula - Kansai dialect ➜ だ

interjection:

• o; oh - punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.
• huh; what - interjection expressing surprise
• hi - male language
• yes; what? - archaism

particle:

• yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it? - indicates a question - archaism