expression / ichidan verb:

• to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction ➜ けじめ
• to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to let things end up as they will; to let nature take its course
• to make do with what one has

noun / ~する noun:

• dispatch; despatch; deployment

noun:

• temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp - abbreviation ➜ 派遣社員・派遣労働者

noun / ~する noun:

• election by mutual vote; election from within a committee (party, etc.); internal vote

noun:

• haitei winning hand; winning on the last tile drawn from the wall - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• coarse silk from the outside of a cocoon (a type of waste thread)

noun:

• (untalented) geisha who sells sex
• geisha who steals money from sleeping travellers ➜ 枕探し

noun:

• divine grace; divine protection; boon from the gods (or the emperor, etc.) - archaism - honorific language

noun:

• abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field - colloquialism

noun:

• donkey hide gelatin; ejiao; high quality gelatin made in China from donkey hides

noun / ~する noun:

• flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate - four character idiom

noun:

• honeycomb toffee; sponge toffee; foam candy from heated brown sugar mixed with baking soda ➜ カルメラ

noun:

• umbellate inflorescence; umbel (i.e. flower with a large number of flowers growing radially from a common center)

ichidan verb:

• to place a hat, etc. on someone's head - archaism
• to award clothing to someone as a reward or a souvenir
• to place the blame or burden of responsibility on someone else
• to use something as an excuse or a pretext

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun:

• remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all) - four character idiom

noun:

• cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe) ➜ 鱈・介党鱈

noun:

• seam of joined boards
• cross grain (of wood)
• thick card made from several sheets of washi paper - abbreviation ➜ 板目紙

noun:

• rite welcoming back the gods from Izumo Shrine (on the last day of the tenth lunar month) ➜ 神送り

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking ➜ 喫煙

expression:

• No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited! - on a sign

noun / ~する noun:

• suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue

noun:

• (biological) younger brother; younger brother from the same parents

noun:

• (biological) older brother; older brother from the same parents

noun:

• (biological) younger sister; younger sister from the same parents