noun:

• sign staked to a building's ridgepole at construction time stating the building's donor, builder, date, reason for construction, etc.

expression:

• better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow [literal] - proverb

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to run (of liquid); to spread
• to blur; to blot; to be blurred
• to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
• to show through (of feelings, emotions, etc.); to reveal itself

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day ➜ 三度の飯より好き【さんどのめしよりすき】

noun:

• tip of nose ［鼻先］
• before one's eyes; under one's nose; in front of ［鼻先］
• tip (of something)

noun:

• six-three system of education (six years of elementary school, followed by three years of junior high school)

expression:

• A smile of a beautiful woman is worth a thousand pieces of gold; enchanting smile of a glamorous woman - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be traced; to be tracked (by someone) - idiom
• to have a lover (for a woman) - idiom

noun:

• cold noodles (in Korean style)
• chilled Chinese noodles - Kansai dialect ➜ 冷やし中華
• cold Chinese noodles accompanied by soup for dipping ➜ つけ麺

noun:

• practical language; language used for day-to-day activity (in contrast to official languages); facility language

noun:

• Buddhist term
• teaching of the Buddha; saying of the Buddha; words of the Buddha

noun:

• working the corners; hitting the corners of the plate; pitcher's technique of throwing a ball aiming at the edge of the strike zone - Baseball term - From English "corner work"
• cornering skill (skating, driving, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements); meeting (conditions); qualifying for

noun:

• Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 阿修羅
• fighting; carnage; conflict; strife
• sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.)
• log slide; chute; flume ➜ 滑道

noun:

• speedrun; playing through a video game for additional challenge (e.g. as quickly as possible, to obtain the highest score, without using a certain weapon, etc.)

noun:

• cultivation of human resources; development of human resources; fostering of human resources; human resource cultivation; human resource development; nurturing of human resources; personnel training; training of personnel

noun:

• Aegukga; national anthem of South Korea
• Aegukka; national anthem of North Korea; The Patriotic Song; Let Morning Shine
• The Patriotic Song; national anthem of the Russian SFSR and of the Russian Federation from 1990 to 2000

adjectival noun / noun:

• disliked; hated; disagreeable Antonym: 好き【すき】

noun:

• tendency; smack (of); touch (of) ➜ 嫌いがある
• distinction; discrimination

noun / ~する noun:

• passage (of time); elapsing
• progress; development; course (of events)
• transit - Astronomy term

noun:

• roll (e.g. of cloth)
• winding
• volume (of book)

noun / ~の noun:

• speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

noun:

• Hon'inbō; Honinbo; grand master of the game of go ➜ 本因坊戦

noun:

• origami; art of paper folding
• hallmark; certificate of authenticity

noun:

• closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of Edo era

noun:

• commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies