noun:

• bus on a circular route; bus following a circular route

noun:

• one's world view; one's view of life; essay on life

expression:

• rejecting the advances of women is a man's shame; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame [literal] - proverb ➜ 据え膳【すえぜん】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look askance (at); to look contemptuously; to look down on
• to cast an amorous glance at - archaism

adverb:

• at hand; on hand; nearby; close at hand

noun:

• way of moving one's arms; skill
• money at hand; pocket money
• grip; handle

noun:

• leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock) ➜ っぱなし

expression:

• it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods

noun:

• nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit - Mahjong term

noun:

• wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar
• chip; crack; scratch; nick
• flaw; defect; weakness; weak point ➜ 玉に疵
• stain (on one's reputation); disgrace; dishonor; dishonour
• (emotional) hurt; hurt feelings ➜ 心の傷

noun:

• first half of the year; first half of the fiscal year ➜ 下半期

noun:

• fall; decline; lowering; hanging down; drooping; slanting (downward) Antonym: 上がり
• string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt - Sumo term
• food offering to the gods; leftovers; hand-me-downs - usu. as お下がり ➜ お下がり
• leaving (one's master's place for home)

suffix noun / noun:

• a little after ...

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend) ➜ 遊びに来る

noun / ~する noun:

• being postponed; being shelved; being put on hold - idiom
• putting in storage; thing put in storage - lit. meaning

noun:

• ban on import; import ban; import prohibition; prohibition of importation

noun:

• iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards ➜ 居合い
• iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to press alcohol on someone; to urge somebody to drink; to offer alcohol to someone

godan ~う verb:

• to put on armour (armor); to wear armour; to arm oneself
• to wear; to cover

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to train; to teach; to educate
• to acquire (information); to learn; to cram
• to stock; to stock up on
• to prepare (esp. ingredients for brewing)
• to insert; to build into; to fit

expression:

• better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat

noun:

• five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death) - archaism
• five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death) - archaism ➜ 律令制
• five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death) ➜ 五刑

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if the water is kind to fish, the fish will be friendly toward water too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - idiom ➜ 魚心あれば水心

noun / expression:

• five races under one union; founding principle of the Republic of China (Han, Manchurians, Mongolians, Hui, Tibetans) - four character idiom
• harmony of the five races; official policy of Manchukuo (Manchurians, Han, Mongolians, Koreans, Japanese) ［五族協和］ - four character idiom