expression:

• though sitting on a pile of riches, one comes back empty handed; to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp - proverb

noun:

• sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form
• designs and objects with a wavy pattern
• sweet mochi cake ➜ 素甘【すあま】

noun:

• three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing) ➜ 落ち【おち】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to run; to hurry (when going somewhere)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse)
• to win (fame) ➜ 名をはせる

noun:

• tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable)
• forward puller (of a rickshaw)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to forcefully open up a hole (in a wall, etc.)
• to speak frankly, holding nothing back ➜ 打ち明ける【うちあける】
• to throw out (everything inside)

temporal noun:

• one o'clock

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• once; at one time; formerly; before

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the present; for the moment; temporarily - in weather forecasts, indicates that a given condition will hold for less than one-quarter of the forecast period

noun:

• a time; one time; once ➜ 一時に

adverb / ~と adverb:

• in a crowd; in droves; in a stream; in succession - onomatopoeia
• crawling (of insects); swarming - onomatopoeia
• dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing; stretching out - onomatopoeia

noun:

• attacking a fleeing enemy
• additional attack on a weakened enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• not letting oneself puffed up by one's success; maintaining a serene state of mind when one has achieved a great success - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• calling many harlots and entertainers and have a big party
• starting an important maneuver at the end of a game of go

noun:

• Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony

noun:

• Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony ➜ 三日の餅【みかのもちい】

expression:

• one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary; waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat [literal]

noun:

• blue line
• area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956) ➜ 青線地帯

noun:

• 51% attack (e.g. on a cryptocurrency); disruptive attack on a blockchain by majority holders of computing power

noun:

• mixed vegetable and seafood tempura ［かき揚げ・掻き揚げ・掻揚げ・掻揚］
• something pulled upwards
• small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat ［かき揚げ・掻き揚げ・搔き揚げ］ - abbreviation ➜ かき揚げ城【かきあげじろ】
• turning up a lamp wick

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to offer; to present - humble language
• to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to do respectfully - humble language

expression / ichidan verb:

• to couch (a sword)
• to look at cynically or ironically
• to stand ready (to do); to adopt a formal attitude - archaism

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to connect (with a different flight); to make a (flight) connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)

noun:

• face (of a wall of coal or ore, etc.); working face (of a mine)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to install (a king, emperor, etc.)
• to appoint (to a post); to promote ［就ける］
• to assign (to study under) ［就ける］

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become seriously ill; to catch an incurable illness
• to become a slave of a habit

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback
• to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.) - archaism