noun:

• good action lead to good rewards; one good turn deserves another - four character idiom

noun:

• tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a hanzi to show the tone in Chinese

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of
• to lead by the hand

noun / ~する noun:

• please accept (this); used to refer to another's acceptance of one's present - humble language ➜ つまらない物ですが・笑納

noun / ~する noun:

• bossing someone around; having a person under one's control ➜ あごで使う

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
• to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to ［かじりつく］

noun / ~の noun:

• monthly contract; paying by the month

noun:

• single; one-base hit - Baseball term - From English "single hit"

expression / ichidan verb:

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

adverb:

• licking; sticking out one's tongue ➜ べろべろ

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to look toward; to have one's eyes attracted towards something

expression:

• handling things without making waves; taking in one's stride

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to take upon oneself; to pull (a thing) over one's head

expression / noun:

• menial services (e.g. kitchen work); serving one's master unsparingly - usu. as 薪水の労をとる

noun:

• miler; competitor in one-mile races
• person who uses airlines' mileage services, frequent-flyer points, etc. - From English "miler"

noun:

• age at marriage; age at which one marries

noun:

• goods sold off through irregular channels (usu. at very low prices); merchandise obtained by buying out the inventories of failed retailers instead of going through normal wholesale channels
• fake merchandise; unlicensed merchandise; knockoff ➜ ぱちもの

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to trust; to relax one's guard (around)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gradually; day by day

noun:

• every day; each day

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

~と adverb:

• drip; fall drop-by-drop - onomatopoeia
• suddenly (of drops of water)

expression:

• time flies; like watching a white horse run by through a gap in the wall (Zhuangzi) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• atman; one's true self, which transcends death and is part of the universal Brahman (in Hinduism) - From Sanskrit "ātman" ➜ ブラフマン

noun:

• the time before last; last time but one

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to bilk; to eat up one's fortune