noun:

• tearing someone in two by tying their legs to two carts moving in opposite directions (form of medieval punishment)

expression:

• the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere; fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net [literal] - proverb

noun:

• type of stew, usu. fish or vegetables in a mild broth; fish grilled unseasoned and then simmered slowly in soy and mirin broth

expression:

• thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly - idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to persuade; to coax; to solicit
• to seduce; to make advances; to make a play; to make a pass; to put the moves on; to come on to; to hit on; to court; to woo; to romance

counter:

• counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi

noun:

• totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea) - four character idiom

noun:

• heavenly god; heavenly gods - also pronounced てんしん
• spirit of Sugawara no Michizane
• Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit) ➜ 天満宮
• pit of a dried plum; dried plum - colloquialism ➜ 梅干し
• tenjin hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 天神髷
• prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to reveal something by washing the surface
• to bring to light; to reveal by investigation

expression / adverb:

• as time goes by; as time went by; with the passage of time; over time

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
• to resign; to retire; to quit; to secede ［のく］

noun:

• karma (i.e. actions committed in a former life) - Buddhism term ➜ 果報

noun / ~する noun:

• performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• (stage) appearance; performance
• participation (e.g. in a tournament)

expression:

• doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor ➜ 上がる【あがる】

noun:

• order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence

adverb:

• considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• (smelling) strongly; pungently - onomatopoeia
• furiously; indignantly; fuming; in a huff - onomatopoeia

noun:

• sister
• (Catholic) nun
• female partner in a homosexual relationship ➜ Ｓ【エス】

noun:

• waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess

noun:

• tenant (esp. in contrast to a landlord); renter

noun:

• break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout - Sumo term

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be matched against (in a sports contest)

adjective:

• nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

noun:

• escape wheel (in a timepiece)
• pulley