expression / noun:

• pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)

noun:

• children's game similar to Statues or Red Light Green Light; Bodhidharma fell down

noun:

• permanent edition; timeless edition; collector's version; only issue of non-regularly printed magazine or mook

expression / adjective:

• all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims

noun:

• brother complex; unnatural attachment to one's brother (esp. by his sister) ➜ ブラコン

expression:

• wasting one's breath (trying to explain something); (reading) the Analects of Confucius to a dog [literal] - idiom

noun:

• pinky swear; pinky promise; making a pledge by hooking each other's little fingers ➜ 指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本呑ます【ゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのます】・指切り

expression:

• unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on

expression:

• no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child - proverb - obscure term

expression:

• faith is mysterious; through faith, even something trivial (like a pilchard's head) seems valuable - proverb

noun:

• taking food directly from a communal dish with one's own chopsticks (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 取り箸

noun:

• sending off a customer (e.g. to the closest train station)
• sending customers (somebody's way)

noun:

• adding a product line or department to improve a store's performance - From English "line robbing"

noun:

• battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather
• fireman's standard (Edo period)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be idle; to slacken

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to neglect (e.g. one's work) ➜ 怠る

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

godan ~く verb:

• to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch

godan ~く verb:

• to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

noun:

• place to go; person to turn to or depend on; one's resort

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder

godan ~る verb:

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

yodan ~ふ verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to serve (by a superior's side) ［候ふ］ - archaism

auxiliary verb / yodan ~ふ verb (archaic):

• to be - auxiliary used in place of ある after で or に when forming a copula - archaism - polite language
• to do - auxiliary used in place of ます after a -masu stem - archaism - polite language

expression:

• to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end ➜ 手段を選ばずに

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be tonsured; to have one's head shaved
• to become a monk