ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to sleep in an awkward position and wake with a crick in one's neck

noun:

• (a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons (persons of great wisdom) - four character idiom

noun:

• festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle

noun:

• main menu in a restaurant, as opposed to the lunchtime menu

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking metal against stone) - obscure term

noun:

• yellow dog contract (employment contract which forbids the employee to join a labor union)

noun:

• backyard
• background
• room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room) - colloquialism

noun:

• series of articulated plates attached to the back and sides of a Japanese helmet ➜ 兜

noun:

• something cold (esp. a body)
• something used to cool one's stomach

expression:

• you wish!; that's not going to happen; not a chance - pun on そうは行かぬ - humorous term

expression:

• come!; imperative form of the verb "kuru" ("to come"), expressing a command or strong request ➜ 来る【くる】

noun:

• gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence

noun:

• natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year

noun:

• natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year ➜ 寺納豆

noun:

• natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year ➜ 寺納豆

noun:

• chained library; library where the books are attached to their bookcase with a chain

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest

expression / ichidan verb:

• to close one's eyes partly; to squint
• to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to rest in peace; to attain eternal rest - usu. neg. ➜ 浮かばれない【うかばれない】
• to gain recognition; to get on in the world

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to add (numbers)
• to add (something); to top up (with something)
• to take care of (e.g. one's business) ➜ 用を足す

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than ➜ 下回る

godan ~う verb / transitive:

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