noun / ~する noun:

• wetting oneself; peeing in one's pants - children's language

noun:

• blow received by a bystander; getting dragged in to somebody else's fight

noun:

• nurse call; a patient's call button in a hospital

noun:

• depopulation; falling population; decrease in population; population decline

noun:

• joint action; acting in unison

noun / ~の noun:

• right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face

noun:

• saomono; Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro) - abbreviation ➜ 棹物菓子

noun:

• Apolemichthys; genus of marine angelfishes in the family Pomacanthidae

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face

adverb:

• moderately; in moderation

noun:

• being something of a politician; having something of the politician in one - four character idiom

noun:

• price fall; fall in prices

noun / ~の noun:

• between-season wear; clothes worn in spring or autumn (fall)

noun:

• retreat; dwelling for someone in seclusion

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to wash one's hair or body; to bathe in water - archaism
• to receive (a favor, blessing, benefit) - archaism

expression:

• a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it [literal] - proverb ➜ 井の中の蛙大海を知らず【いのなかのかわずたいかいをしらず】・井蛙【せいあ】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to bite and tear; to bite a hole in

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make contact with somebody; to get in touch with somebody

noun:

• statement of purpose; essay/letter in university application form

expression:

• moreover; in addition

noun:

• asleep (in bed); sick in bed

adverb:

• additionally; in addition

expression:

• slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the blame; to cover oneself in mud [literal]

noun:

• mere fraction; drop in the bucket