expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it - proverb

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter - onomatopoeia ➜ ぴくっと

~と adverb:

• with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; with a jolt - onomatopoeia
• suddenly (fall); sharply - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

noun:

• dance where a female dancer dresses up as a man (late Heian to early Kamakura period)
• noh dance performed by a man without a mask

noun:

• house of a prince of the blood ➜ 家【け】

noun:

• statement of the efficacy of a medicine

noun:

• near the pond; edge of a pond

noun:

• anniversary of the end of a war

expression / noun:

• cornering the market; stock cornering; a corner ➜ 買い占め【かいしめ】

adverb:

• a little; a bit; slightly
• just a minute; for a moment; briefly
• somewhat; rather; fairly; pretty; quite
• (not) easily; (not) readily - before a verb in negative form

interjection:

• hey!; excuse me

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be caught; to be arrested - usu. 捕まる
• to hold on to; to grasp - usu. 掴まる
• to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
• to be detained by

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock ［開ける］
• to open (for business, etc.) ［開ける］
• to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room - esp. 空ける
• to move out; to clear out - esp. 空ける
• to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily) - esp. 空ける

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to dawn; to grow light - esp. 明ける
• to end (of a period, season) - esp. 明ける
• to begin (of the New Year) - esp. 明ける
• to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for) - esp. 明ける
• to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)

noun:

• the true, the good, and the beautiful

noun:

• the people; the public; the world

noun / ~する noun:

• setting a place; setting the table

noun:

• (a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

noun / ~する noun:

• a rise above a certain level (of a stock price, etc.) Antonym: 台割れ

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea) ➜ 竜宮【りゅうぐう】

noun:

• side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal
• food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation) ［おかず・オカズ］ - sometimes オガズ
• fill; fill-in (drumming)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to slip
• to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke)
• to drop; to go down; to come down; to fall (e.g. in status)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to tear; to rip up ［裂く］
• to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
• to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers) ［裂く］
• to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something ［割く］
• to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye - archaism ➜ 黥く

adjectival noun:

• equal
• the equality sign (=) - Mathematics term

expression:

• equals (A equals B) - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• going the whole distance; pitching a whole game