expression / ichidan verb:

• to be discouraged (from doing something); to have one's enthusiasm dampened

noun:

• substitute fish; using an alternative fish variety instead of a traditional one

noun / ~する noun:

• show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something) - four character idiom

expression:

• being besieged by suitors; to be popular; eight suitors for one daughter [literal] - idiom

expression / adjective:

• hitting a dangerous (harmful) spot (e.g. hitting one's head)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to fail; to screw up; to stuff up - from しくじる - slang ➜ しくじる

expression / adjective:

• waking up early; getting up early; early rising

expression / ichidan verb:

• to show up; to appear; to turn up

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to cool off; to abate; to be settled; to be brought under control
• to be at peace; to be governed well
• to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated; to get better; to ease off

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower Antonym: 上がる
• to hang; to dangle
• to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire
• to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded
• to get closer to the present day
• to go south - in Kyoto

ichidan verb:

• to help up; to pick up; to bring safely to land

expression:

• If you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for; hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments [literal] - proverb

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb / transitive:

• to give; to offer - humble language

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to lift up; to hold up; to raise - humble language

expression:

• like the young man who tried to walk like the Kantan people, gave up, and forgot how to walk

expression:

• the good and bad deeds cancel each other out; good deeds make up for the bad - idiom

noun:

• constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); disposition; tendency
• character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up; nature; culture

noun:

• this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction ➜ 何方【どちら】・其方・彼方【あちら】
• here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is)
• this one (something physically close to the speaker)

pronoun:

• I; me; we; us
• this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)

noun:

• wall; partition
• barrier; obstacle
• Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［へき］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

adverb:

• at last; at length - onomatopoeia
• barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough
• really; actually; ever - used in interrogative and hypothetical sentences

noun:

• route; course; path
• one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

noun:

• minute (unit of time)
• fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision

noun:

• dogmatism

noun / ~の noun:

• favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner
• one's heart's desire; first choice - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill
• fully enjoying