expression / noun:

• manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something

adverb:

• at the same time as speaking; as one speaks ［いいざま］

noun / ~の noun:

• three stars (shape)
• three stars (for quality, e.g. Michelin stars)

noun:

• Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ➜ 参【しん】

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to) - idiom

expression:

• (deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime - usu. as 足元から鳥が立つように - idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way
• to have enough (of); to be disgusted with

expression / noun:

• match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; bush warbler in a plum tree (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting) [literal] - idiom

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to choose at one's own discretion
• to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

noun:

• great and splendid land (of Yamato)
• spiritual center of the land; one's spiritual home
• excellent location; splendid place

expression:

• people may bring about their demise for love (like a deer coming forth when it hears a hunter's whistle in mating season); it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of - obscure term

ichidan verb:

• to bury something in the ground
• to cover coals with ash; to bank a fire

noun:

• suggestion box; comment box
• complaints box placed in front of the supreme court (Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• Self-Strengthening Movement; Westernization Movement; political reform movement in China during the late Qing dynasty

expression:

• when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked [literal]

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be separated (of clothing); to be exposed; to be wide open
• to stand with one's limbs apart; to block the way ➜ 立ちはだかる

noun / adverbial noun:

• utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt; down to the bedrock - four character idiom

expression:

• the clothes do not make the man; the cowl does not make the monk - proverb

expression:

• the busier you are, the better you work - proverb
• the more, the better - proverb

noun:

• detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers) ➜ 目明かし・岡っ引き
• detective's memoirs; thief taker's memoirs

expression / noun:

• goal which is unattainable; prize beyond one's reach; woman who is out of one's league; flower on a high peak [literal]

~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

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away

noun:

• goblin; monster; demon
• ghost; apparition
• something that's unusually large

noun:

• izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided

noun:

• contraindication - Medicine term

noun:

• lining ➜ 表地
• land that does not adjoin to public or private roads - obscure term ➜ 袋地

expression:

• while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily