noun:

• cost performance; cost effectiveness
• value for money; bang for one's buck

noun:

• outer two ribs of a folding fan (i.e. the thick ribs, one at each end)
• outer frame of a lattice door

noun:

• being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other - four character idiom

expression:

• God doesn't give with both hands; God does not give two gifts; heaven does not grant people more than one talent - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• including a sum of money in one's calculations
• appropriation (a sum of money)

expression:

• from one's side; from the side (of something)
• from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved ➜ 横から口を挟む

expression / ichidan verb:

• to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step ➜ 歩調を揃える

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be within the top five; to be one of the five best - idiom

noun:

• purple yam; water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam ➜ 大薯
• purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such) ➜ 紫芋
• Conus pauperculus (species of cone shell) - usually written using kana alone ➜ 芋貝

noun / ~する noun:

• beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat

noun:

• making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought

noun:

• performing solo (by oneself); having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled) - four character idiom

noun:

• the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha) - Buddhism term

noun:

• (unscrupulous) business practices based on an appeal to one's social conscience; (unscrupulous) sales methods used by someone falsely claiming to represent a charitable (social welfare) organization - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each

noun:

• white
• striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus) ➜ 鯔【ぼら】
• speech; one's lines ➜ せりふ
• white dragon tile - Mahjong term
• winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles - Mahjong term
• white person; Caucasian - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 白人

prefix noun / suffix noun / noun:

• Belgium - abbreviation - obscure term ➜ ベルギー

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to enclose (with); to surround (with); to encircle
• to turn (one's head, heel, etc.)
• to think over; to work out
• to notify (orally or in writing) - archaism

expression:

• one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the back [literal] - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way - idiom

expression:

• one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man; a person's will should be respected; even a menial deserves his convictions - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind; to be surprised

ichidan verb:

• to anger someone; to provoke; to offend someone; to make somebody's hackles rise
• to square one's shoulders ［いからせる］

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

expression / ichidan verb:

• to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to fail to hear something; to miss
• to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide

noun:

• someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad