expression / noun:

• perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)) ➜ 横車を押す

noun:

• side wheel throw (judo)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to

expression:

• a single instance indicates what happens all the time; one case gives you an idea of what always happens

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of

noun:

• cow spot pattern (as on the hide of a cow); cow-skin pattern

noun:

• tatami room - polite language ➜ 座敷
• dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko ➜ 座敷

noun / ~する noun:

• being elected
• being selected (to win a prize, etc.)
• winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.) ➜ 当籤

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order

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 / ~する noun:

• raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; search-and-kill mission; search-and-destroy mission; military action without a predetermined target; attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises

noun:

• shortstop; short - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 遊撃手

noun:

• towel rack; towel rail; towel bar; towel ring

noun:

• sound of flapping wings (of a bird)
• buzz; hum (of an insect)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be moved back (e.g. date, rank, order); to be postponed Antonym: 繰り上がる【くりあがる】
• to be borrowed (of a number in subtraction) - Mathematics term ➜ 繰り上がる【くりあがる】

noun:

• junior Shinto priest - Shintō term ➜ 宮司・禰宜・神主
• Shinto priest; generic title for a member of the Shinto priesthood - polite language - obscure term - Shintō term

noun:

• the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology - four character idiom

noun:

• straggling hair; hair too short to be tied or arranged with the rest of the hair (typically around the sideburns); lovelock ➜ 後れ毛

noun:

• three sun (ca. 9.1 cm) ➜ 寸【すん】
• something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun)
• stall-keeper; huckster; hawker ➜ 的屋
• prostitute of the lowest rank - archaism

noun:

• lining a kimono with the same material as the kimono itself

expression:

• just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays

noun:

• original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)

noun:

• role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.)
• to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)

noun:

• sanitary waste receptacle; sanitary napkin disposal bin (in a bathroom); fecal specimen receptacle (at a hospital)

noun:

• capital; metropolis; seat of government
• capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light)
• location of the Imperial Palace