expression:

• better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion - proverb

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to establish a school of; to make a home of one's own

noun:

• one kanji in the name of a nobleperson (with a multiple-kanji name) ➜ 偏諱を賜う

noun:

• exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text
• study of biblical interpretation

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang over; to cover
• to take on a responsibility; to become a burden

expression:

• still having a very small chance; still having a tiny shred of hope - idiom

expression:

• pull yourself together; get a grip; get a hold of yourself; come on

noun:

• visitor (to a shop or restaurant); customer (visiting a store or restaurant); patron

expression / ichidan verb:

• to develop a relationship; to build intimacy; to deepen a friendship; to get acquainted

noun:

• on a stage; on a platform; on an altar

noun / ~する noun:

• wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword

noun / ~する noun:

• exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry
• milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.)
• to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion

noun / ~する noun:

• looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to

noun / ~する noun:

• cancellation; writing off (a debt)
• indicating a long sound in kana ➜ 長音【ちょうおん】

noun:

• tug o' war; tug of war

noun:

• kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play) ➜ 本狂言

noun / ~する noun:

• abbreviation; simplified form of a character; cutting out some strokes in a character; omitting some passages

noun:

• entrance (i.e. of a Japanese house) ➜ 上がり口
• start of a rise (e.g. in prices)

noun:

• a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame) - four character idiom

expression:

• neither one thing nor the other; too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie [literal]

ichidan verb:

• to let a person take hold of; to bribe by slipping money into a person's hand

noun:

• no food or drink (e.g. as a sign in a library, etc.); no eating or drinking

noun:

• night mooring (for a boat) ➜ 夜泊
• sleeping away for the night (esp. in a red light district)

noun:

• alternative name; alternate name
• assumed name of a customer in a brothel (for anonymity)
• stage name

noun:

• morganatic marriage (marriage of a noble and a commoner that disallows the passage of title, possessions, etc.)