godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff

expression / noun:

• something indistinct; a crow in a pitch-black night [literal] ➜ 闇夜に烏

noun:

• painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting

noun:

• like-new item; used item in mint condition ➜ 新品

godan ~る verb:

• to smash down; to beat in - colloquialism ➜ 破る

adverb:

• after a long time; for the first time in a while

expression / adjective:

• unpopular (with); in the bad books

noun:

• shiku-kaisei city planning; city renewal that occurred in the Taisho and Meiji eras

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply

godan ~く verb:

• to dawdle; to waste time doing nothing in particular
• to fret; to sulk; to complain
• to rain on and off

noun:

• ninjutsu (fighting art of the ninja); ninja skills in secrecy, stealth and combat techniques - Martial Arts term

noun / ~の noun:

• under development; in progress

noun:

• partly open; in half bloom

expression:

• that; the matter in question

noun:

• middle-aged person; person who changes his line in middle of life

adverb / noun:

• annually; every year; year in and year out; from year to year - four character idiom

expression:

• it's hard to discipline one's mind; defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard [literal] - proverb

noun:

• black rope used to bind criminals; being bound in prison - archaism

noun:

• scalloped (noodles); boiled noodles served in a pot with broth

noun / ~する noun:

• immersion; being absorbed in

noun:

• suburban life; life in the suburbs

noun:

• scouring; washing vegetables in lye

expression:

• pregnant with; in litter

noun / ~する noun:

• taking heart; being in high spirits

noun:

• failed at every attempt; defeated in every (match, battle, etc.)