expression:

• the busier you are, the better you work - proverb
• the more, the better - proverb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to be able to say; to get someone to say; to induce someone to say; to let someone speak out

adverb / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• some; (a) little
• somewhat; to some extent; in part

ichidan verb:

• to paint in different colors (for different purposes) (colours)

adverb / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• some; (a) little ➜ 幾分【いくぶん】
• somewhat; to some extent; in part ➜ 幾分【いくぶん】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to take out; to produce; to pick out
• to fetch; to retrieve

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become blunt; to grow dull
• to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fade; to discolor; to discolour
• to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be unsteady; to reel; to shake
• to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to knock; to hit hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock

godan ~く verb:

• to linger; to hover above; to trail; to hang over; to lie over

~する verb (spec.):

• to name; to take a second name or alias ➜ 号・号
• to announce; to boast; to declare

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize
• to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

noun / counter:

• swing; shake; wave; swinging

noun:

• appearance; behaviour - usually written using kana alone
• pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to) - oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form - usually written using kana alone ➜ 振りをする

noun / ~の noun:

• going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• move (dance); postures
• lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up - oft. as フリ - usually written using kana alone ➜ 前振り
• unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment

suffix / counter:

• counter for swords, blades, etc.

noun:

• not wearing underwear or pants - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing

noun:

• blue dragon ➜ 青竜
• Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens) ➜ 青竜
• seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿
• large horse with a bluish-leaden coat
• shape of an old pine tree

noun / ~する noun:

• hardening; vulcanization; vulcanisation; sclerosis; curing Antonym: 軟化
• hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; toughening Antonym: 軟化
• upturn (in the market); firming up Antonym: 軟化

noun:

• suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant

noun / ~する noun:

• cut into long thin shavings (primarily vegetables), in the manner a pencil is sharpened with a knife

noun / ~する noun:

• breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.); pulmonary aspiration; mis-swallowing; swallowing down the wrong pipe - Medicine term

expression:

• slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; constant dripping wears away a stone [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)

expression:

• financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka) ➜ 京の着倒れ・食い倒れ

noun:

• toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox