expression / godan ~す verb:

• to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; to light one's fingernail (instead of a candle) [literal]

noun:

• outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise

~の noun:

• having a cooking capacity of one liter

noun:

• lipped bowl
• one side of a story or argument

noun:

• licking one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)

noun:

• invention developed as a result of one's work ➜ 職務発明

noun:

• playing with a handicap of one rook or bishop - Shōgi term ➜ 駒落ち【こまおち】

noun:

• happy-go-lucky fellow; an easygoing and indifferent person; a pococurante - four character idiom

expression:

• confirmed as completed - often at end of document ➜ 完【かん】・以上【いじょう】
• everything must go (e.g. in a sale) - abbreviation ➜ 完全完売【かんぜんかんばい】

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to go to pieces; to be shaken up; to break down; to be flustered; to blow one's cool

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb; to scatter about

expression:

• cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end

expression:

• burying one's head in the sand (while leaving other parts of one's body exposed); exposing one's weak point while attempting to protect oneself; hiding one's head without hiding one's bottom [literal] - idiom

expression:

• one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...

noun / ~する noun:

• running alone; running solo
• having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else)
• having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes; arbitrary action

expression:

• necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one - proverb

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape; to come loose
• to fade; to discolour
• to wear a hole (e.g. clothes)
• to leave (e.g. a meeting)
• to be clear; to be transparent (e.g. of the sky)
• to be stupid; to be absentminded; to be careless; to be inattentive - usu. as 抜けた or 抜けている
• to exit (a program loop) - IT term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to go through; to pass through

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get into the swing of (one's work); to hit one's stride
• (for a fish or bird) to put on fat for the winter

noun:

• large stone; boulder
• large group of stones (in the game of go)

expression / noun:

• before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose
• immediate; imminent; around the corner

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to contend for

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to go after (a prize, record, etc.)
• to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

noun:

• getting one's finger caught (e.g. in a door); getting one's finger pinched; jamming one's finger in a door ➜ 指を詰める
• yakuza finger-cutting ritual

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money)
• to be omitted; to be missing
• to decrease; to sink
• to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.)
• to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind
• to become indecent (of a conversation)
• to be ruined; to go under
• to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) ➜ 狐が落ちる【きつねがおちる】
• to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession
• to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick)
• to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee
• to fall; to be defeated; to surrender
• to come to (in the end); to end in
• to fall (in love, asleep, etc.) ➜ 恋に落ちる【こいにおちる】・眠りに落ちる【ねむりにおちる】
• to swoon (judo)
• to consent; to understand ➜ 腑に落ちない【ふにおちない】
• to crash; to freeze - IT term
• to die - of animals
• to move to the depths - of fish when it gets cold

noun:

• playing the game of go - archaism ➜ 囲碁

expression / noun:

• backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; the far-off bark of a retreating dog [literal] - idiom