noun / ~する noun:

• walking while holding on to something (such as a wall or table); cruising (i.e. children learning to walk)

noun:

• breakwater; seawall; bulwark; mole; narrow stone structure for breaking incoming waves and loading goods on and off ships ➜ 防波堤

noun:

• peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures

noun:

• over-demanding parents; parents who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child - From English "monster parents" ➜ モンスターペアレント

noun:

• always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person) - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to fold (one's) arms
• to stand by and do nothing; to look on passively

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl
• to shift position (of an object)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to turn someone down (on some pretext) without offending them; to refuse gracefully; to decline politely

expression / ichidan verb:

• to call dibs; to establish a claim; to spit on something (thus preventing others from taking it) [literal] - idiom

noun:

• whole family; all (members of) the family
• all over the house
• retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain; clan ［かちゅう］

noun:

• hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right - Sumo term

expression:

• no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness [literal] - proverb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush

noun:

• exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text

noun:

• drumming on one's belly; having one's fill

noun:

• female farmworker; woman working on a farm; farm woman

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one

noun:

• follow-up question; related question; interpellation on related matters

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush ➜ 急かす

noun:

• operations (a strategy) on two fronts; two-pronged strategy - four character idiom

expression:

• not be relied upon; not to be counted on

noun:

• Deliberative Council on Political Ethics (Diet Committee); ethics committee - abbreviation ➜ 政治倫理審査会【せいじりんりしんさかい】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put on; to wear
• to be used to wearing

noun:

• festive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions ➜ 祝い箸【いわいばし】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to focus on; to bring into focus