expression:

• there is no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted; squeezing your buttocks after you have farted [literal] - proverb

noun:

• common term ➜ 標準語
• common language; lingua franca; standard language

noun:

• being tough on the outside but soft at heart; a faint-hearted person pretending to be brave - four character idiom

noun:

• reservation of Japanese nationality (procedure used with children born outside Japan)

noun:

• Bon Festival - esp. 精霊会 ➜ 盂蘭盆
• Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Shotoku Taishi (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar) - esp. 聖霊会

expression / ichidan verb:

• to use one's intuition; to use one's instinct; to use one's head

noun:

• player put on starting list to be replaced by another when the opponent's pitcher is known

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to flip; to snap; to flick
• to repel
• to use (an abacus); to calculate
• to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)

noun:

• white shoes (for use during the summer)

noun:

• work hakama for use in the snow ➜ 山袴

noun:

• fish of the genus Rhinogobius ➜ ヨシノボリ
• dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus) ➜ チチブ
• common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia) ➜ ウキゴリ
• Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux) ➜ 鰍

noun:

• common idea; common wisdom; generally accepted idea

noun:

• common vervain (Verbena officinalis); common verbena

noun:

• use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)

noun:

• clever use of words to advance an argument; tricky manipulation of law

noun:

• paper lantern that can be hung outside of a house or store

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse for doing something

noun:

• outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo - abbreviation ➜ 外様大名
• outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group

expression:

• everything comes in handy when used correctly; use the right tools for the right job; fools and (blunt) scissors have to be used in the right way - proverb

noun:

• comprehensive list of famous places in Kyoto accompanied with pictures and text

noun:

• range of use; range of application; range of applications; scope (of a document) - IT term

noun:

• common; in the usual course

noun:

• a swan among ducklings; a diamond among stones; a great figure among the common run of men ➜ 鶏群の一鶴【けいぐんのいっかく】

expression / noun:

• a swan among ducklings; a diamond among stones; a great figure among the common run of men - idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes