expression:

• counting one's chickens before they've hatched; counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught [literal] - idiom

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal] - obscure term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to get entangled; to get tangled; to tangle
• to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over ➜ 舌が縺れる
• to become complicated

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to nail
• to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to strike (hard) ➜ 打付ける【ぶつける】
• to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling ➜ 打付ける【ぶつける】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take care of some business; to go on an errand
• to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet

expression / ichidan verb:

• to teach by example; to teach by showing; to teach with one's back [literal]

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back - onomatopoeia
• action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head - onomatopoeia

noun:

• folding paper-case; kimono wrapping paper
• paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony) ➜ 懐紙【かいし】

godan ~む verb:

• to hold fast deep in (one's mouth or other orifice, often used in a sexual context)
• to bring in a man for sex

particle:

• particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.) - at sentence-end ➜ もがな
• emphatic particle - at sentence-end - colloquialism
• particle adding uncertainty - often associated with an interrogative

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to earn (income); to make (money)
• to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time)

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to work hard (at one's job); to labor; to labour; to toil

noun:

• wealth and military strength of a country; "rich country, strong army": a slogan from the Meiji era referring to the government's goals for the country - four character idiom

noun:

• wife (esp. one's own wife)
• court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace ［にょうぼう・にゅうぼう］
• woman (esp. as a love interest) ［にょうぼう・にゅうぼう］ - archaism

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to pump out
• to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise; to take into consideration

noun:

• making up only parts of one's face instead of doing a full make-up job - From English "point make"

expression:

• it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight [literal] - proverb

noun:

• lamenting the passing of spring; lamenting the passing of one's youth

noun:

• god who controls a country's territory; god who rules a country - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take someone down a peg; to cut someone down to size; to dampen someone's confidence

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to drown; to nearly drown; to sink below the surface (of water)
• to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to wallow in

adverb:

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

noun:

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

conjunction:

• for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of
• because of; as a result of

noun:

• Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392 CE) - obscure term ➜ 南北朝時代

noun:

• Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392 CE) - obscure term ➜ 南北朝時代

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