expression / ichidan verb:

• to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to eat - male language
• to live; to make a living; to survive
• to bite; to sting (as insects do)
• to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
• to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
• to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
• to consume time and-or resources
• to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event) - colloquialism
• to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time - male language - vulgar

noun:

• meaningless words added a song for rhythmical effect; words or utterances added to modulate the cadence of a song

expression:

• the die is cast; there is no going back; point of no return; alea iacta est; alea jacta est

noun:

• higan cherry (species of weeping cherry tree, Prunus subhirtella); early-flowering cherry (around the spring equinox) ➜ 江戸彼岸
• double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula) - colloquialism ➜ 江戸彼岸

expression:

• the poor can't afford manners; only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite - proverb

noun:

• without intermission for many years; with constancy of purpose for many years; in the same old rut for years on end - four character idiom

expression:

• from one's side; from the side (of something)
• from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved ➜ 横から口を挟む

noun:

• one's support (power) base; the base of one's support in an electorate - four character idiom

expression:

• like looking out on an abyss; like standing on the edge of an abyss

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; junction; joining
• union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging; coming together

noun:

• Gamblea innovans (species of deciduous tree)
• extremely spicy form of chili pepper ➜ 唐辛子
• variety of high-quality green tea

noun:

• var. of mochi made from a mixture of rice flour and sweet bean paste (famous product of Kagoshima)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while he sleeps
• to catch someone off his guard by setting traps

adverb:

• at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much (far) as possible

noun:

• all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions
• large hanging lantern ➜ 八方行灯

noun:

• the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning") ［序の口］
• lowest division in sumo - Sumo term

noun:

• person who holds the purse strings; person who minds the cash; safe keeper; treasurer

noun:

• imitation that looks identical to the original; fake causing the original to lose value - four character idiom

noun:

• the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana) - Buddhism term
• the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• writing with an upright brush (using just the tip to create a narrower stroke) ➜ 側筆
• frank writing; writing the bare facts ➜ 曲筆

noun:

• swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean

noun:

• practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice
• actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot

expression / ichidan verb:

• to warm the bench; to stay on the bench during a sports match

noun:

• the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom