noun / ~する noun:

• considering something taboo; treating something as taboo - usu. used as a verb

godan ~む verb:

• to live in hiding; to live as a recluse

expression:

• mixture of wheat and chaff; mixture of the good and bad; jumble of wheat and tares - four character idiom

noun:

• free use

~する noun:

• to use freely; to make free use of; to have good command (e.g. of a language)
• to drive someone on

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take a big bite
• to take the best part; to steal all the good parts; to steal the show

noun:

• disappearance of snow (i.e. due to melting) - obscure term
• lack of snow (i.e. snow not falling) - obscure term

noun:

• omen; sign of luck
• origin; history; causation
• dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing - orig. meaning - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 因縁生起

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to bide one's time; to wait until the time is ripe ➜ 満を持する

noun:

• twentieth day of the first month (end of New Year celebrations, upon which remaining New Year's food is eaten, decorations are stowed away, etc.)

noun:

• fixed game; bid-rigging; put-up job; contest in which the victor is practically known beforehand (e.g. due to unfair conditions or an obvious difference in strength) - from 出来合いのレース - abbreviation

noun:

• mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend); "position in an organization to which an ineffective person is transferred" [figurative]

noun:

• fan in autumn (esp. one that is no longer used); "outdated item that has fallen into disuse" [figurative]; "woman who has lost a man's affection or interest" [figurative] ➜ 秋の扇

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to motivate oneself
• to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse

yodan ~る verb (archaic):

• to come; to go; to be - archaism - honorific language ➜ いらっしゃる

auxiliary verb:

• be; is - usu. after the particle で; forms a polite copula ➜ であります

noun:

• bear's gall (used as medicine for the stomach); bear's bile

noun / ~する noun:

• arriving at work late as if one were an executive; management attendance at work [literal] - humorous term - four character idiom

noun:

• former public prosecutor who now works as a lawyer; retired public prosecutor - abbreviation - colloquialism

noun:

• former public prosecutor who now works as a lawyer; prosecutor-turned-lawyer - colloquialism

noun:

• negative film (as opposed to positive or reversal film); negative - From English

noun:

• the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence

noun / ~する noun:

• lengthening a vowel (e.g. as in Kansai dialect) - Linguistics term ➜ 短呼

noun:

• long sound (esp. long vowel) - Linguistics term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to let things end up as they will; to let nature take its course

noun:

• worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh
• klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering) - Buddhism term

noun:

• young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows) - abbreviation ➜ アナウンサー

noun / ~する noun:

• obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale - From English "flying get"