expression / ichidan verb:

• to excel in one thing; to be a master in an art

noun / adverb:

• grudge of ten years' standing; harbouring a grudge for many years - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to get on well (with a person); to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider) [literal] - idiom ➜ 気が合う

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to hone one's blade; to sharpen a sword
• to scheme; to plot

noun:

• shingling with thin cedar or cypress shingles; roof shingled in such a manner (usu. at temples, shrines, etc.) ➜ 木賊板

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 / ichidan verb:

• to leave to take its own course; to let a matter take care of itself

noun:

• O-ring; loop of elastomer used as a gasket

noun:

• ballast; heavy material placed low to improve a vessel's stability
• ballast; crushed stone, gravel, etc. used on a roadbed or railway track

noun / ~する noun:

• sulking in bed; going to bed in a huff

noun:

• pulmonary apex; apex of a lung - Anatomy term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to lose one's way; to be at a loss

noun:

• Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail
• White's thrush (Zoothera dauma) ➜ 虎鶫
• man of mystery; enigma

noun:

• debt bondage (ritsuryo system); forced labor on failure to pay a debt

expression / adjective:

• patient; having a long fuse ➜ 気の長い

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to estimate; to make a prediction

noun:

• (being) slightly covetous; a little covetousness ➜ 大欲

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder

noun:

• ski bus; bus that goes to a ski resort

noun:

• kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat - polite language - female language ➜ 炬燵【こたつ】

noun:

• hourglass economy; economy having large upper and lower classes and a small middle class

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to borrow; to have a loan - Kansai dialect ➜ 借りる
• to rent; to hire

noun:

• spring dawn; dawn of a spring day ➜ 暁

noun:

• cat tongue; thin cookie or chocolate shaped like a tongue - Food term - From French "langue de chat"

noun:

• alvar; biological environment based on a limestone plain with thin or no soil