expression / noun:

• Day of the Rat (esp. the first Day of the Rat in the New Year)
• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots - abbreviation ➜ 子の日の遊び
• pine shoot pulled out in such a manner ➜ 子の日の松

noun:

• New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year - four character idiom

noun:

• under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down - Sumo term
• dodging; parrying (questions) ➜ 肩透かしを食わせる【かたすかしをくわせる】
• disappointment; letdown

noun:

• the milk of human kindness of the people of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods - four character idiom

noun:

• the whole body

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder
• to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative
• to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive; to take in
• to be caught up in superstition

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off

godan ~す verb:

• to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

noun:

• crossed fingers and word said to call someone to be avoided as 'dirty' - children's language

~する noun:

• to cross one's fingers (to ward off 'dirt')

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture)
• to copy out (a text)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol

noun / ~する noun:

• conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers ➜ 下達上通・上達

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way
• to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

expression / ichidan verb:

• to not take seriously; to take lightly

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take measures (against); to take steps

expression:

• wearing light clothes for the sake of fashion

noun:

• informal noh performed in light clothes (during the summer) ➜ 装束能

adverb:

• without hesitation; frankly (esp. speaking); bluntly; without shilly-shallying; straight to the point; getting to the heart of the matter ➜ ずばり
• cutting (forcefully, directly); piercingly

noun:

• the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine - Buddhism term ➜ 輪宝・転法輪

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make the smart move (after taking in the situation, etc.) ➜ 気を利かせる
• to do the tactful or helpful thing (after considering someone's feelings) ➜ 気を利かせる

noun:

• blow striking with the flat of the sword
• to slap ➜ 平手打ち
• metal flattened by striking
• tape; flat braid
• type of flat ornamental hairpin made of silver and inscribed with a clan's crest or patterns of birds and flowers ➜ 簪

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to say incorrectly; to use the wrong words; to make a slip of the tongue
• to forget to say; to miss one's chance to say

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to spread (e.g. a rumour); to talk about (widely); to make fun of
• to sing the praises of; to praise to the skies

expression:

• of soup and love, the first is the best; one's first spouse tends to be better than any subsequent spouse - proverb