noun:

• the skin (of a human being)
• warmth of the skin; body warmth

noun:

• autotomy; self amputation; act of cutting off a part of one's own body in order to escape a predator

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g fruit)
• to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around; to float around

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make the smart move (after taking in the situation, etc.) ➜ 気が利く
• to do the tactful or helpful thing (after considering someone's feelings) ➜ 気が利く

noun:

• number of people
• denominate number
• the number at the start of phrases referring to well known 'somethings', equiv. to 'seven' in "the seven wonders of the world" ➜ 三筆・四天王

expression:

• "laugh and grow fat" [figurative]; good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile [literal] - from Chi: 打開笑門福自來 - proverb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to see through to the finish; to be seen to the end

expression:

• the pot calling the kettle black; the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to crow at the break of dawn (of a rooster, etc.); to mark the dawn; to proclaim the dawn

noun / ~の noun:

• conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system) - four character idiom

expression:

• like chalk and cheese (superficially similar, but completely different) (the moon and a turtle shell are both round, but they are otherwise completely different); like day and night; like the difference between heaven and hell

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away

adverb:

• in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it ➜ 詰まり【つまり】

noun / ~する noun:

• seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

expression:

• not exactly correct, but pretty close to it; not far off the mark

noun:

• sky; the air; the heavens
• weather
• far-off place; distant place
• state of mind; feeling - often as 〜空もない
• (from) memory; (by) heart - usu. as 空で
• falsehood; lie

prefix noun:

• somehow; vaguely - before an adjective
• fake - before a noun or a verb

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze - esp. 絞る
• to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk - esp. 搾る
• to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)
• to extort; to exploit
• to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke - often passive voice ➜ 油を絞る
• to drill into; to train
• to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down
• to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)
• to stop down (lens)
• to turn down (e.g. radio)
• to bend (bow); to draw
• to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize - Sumo term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless

godan ~く verb:

• to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end

noun:

• the system in government offices and business corporations in which draft proposals are prepared by someone in charge of the matter and circulated for collective deliberation and final approval by particular (designated) officials or executives - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to restrict; to limit; to confine

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to
• to be best (for); to be the best plan; to be the only way (to) - as ...は...に限る

noun / ~の noun:

• interior of the body

noun / ~の noun:

• ectogenesis; outside the body