noun:

• male bragging; male conceit
• bragging about one's husband or (male) lover ➜ 女自慢

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be hanged; to be struck dead; to eat one's hat - usu. figurative

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations

godan ~く verb:

• to bite at; to snap at; to sink one's teeth into

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to glance over; to skim through; to run one's eye over ➜ 一応【いちおう】・目を通す【めをとおす】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to stick out one's elbows
• to be obstinate; to be haughty

noun:

• on-the-sea ballot (votes cast in a federal election by ships' crewmen and sent by fax)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it
• to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall

noun:

• word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter
• under the desk

noun:

• taking turns on duty (esp. daimyo's retainers on duty in Edo)

noun / counter:

• swing; shake; wave; swinging

noun:

• appearance; behaviour - usually written using kana alone
• pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to) - oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form - usually written using kana alone ➜ 振りをする

noun / ~の noun:

• going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• move (dance); postures
• lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up - oft. as フリ - usually written using kana alone ➜ 前振り
• unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment

suffix / counter:

• counter for swords, blades, etc.

noun:

• not wearing underwear or pants - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to flap (wings)
• to spread one's wings; to go out into the world

expression:

• not knowing one's way around; not familiar with the area; not knowing what to do

noun:

• pre-harvest estimate of a rice field's yield and selling price

expression:

• there's but a fine line between genius and insanity - proverb

noun:

• sitting outdoors - archaism
• room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion ➜ 寝殿造り
• temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

noun:

• eon; very long period of time

noun:

• Hexanchidae; family with four species and three genera of cow sharks characterized by either one or two additional pairs of gill slits

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• one cup after another; cup by cup - four character idiom
• to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; the best one can do; breaking even - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• with no one upon whom to depend; utter loneliness; the lonely and the helpless; people who have no kith or kin - four character idiom

noun:

• stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)

godan ~る verb:

• to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• (one's) image; impression; mental image; (mental) picture; view ➜ イメージアップ

noun:

• (computer) image - IT term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head