noun:

• too many options making selection difficult; truth being hard to find as paths to it proliferate - four character idiom

ichidan verb:

• to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

noun:

• kanji used to represent syllables, based on their "kun" readings (prior to the advent of kana) ➜ 音仮名【おんがな】

noun:

• form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period) ➜ 猿楽

expression / adjective:

• (I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat

noun:

• northern side house (to the rear of a main residence; often home to one's wife) ➜ 対の屋

expression / adjective:

• all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims

expression:

• wasting one's breath (trying to explain something); (reading) the Analects of Confucius to a dog [literal] - idiom

expression / adverbial noun:

• to a great extent; incredibly (tasty, much, etc.); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)

expression:

• unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on

expression / adjective:

• not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to approve (of); to be in favor of; to be in favour of

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched

noun / ~する noun:

• going to and from school; path to and from school; way to school

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to scatter a room (with things); to leave a room a mess; to leave things lying about

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves
• to be more than one can handle

godan ~る verb:

• to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

noun:

• beginning and end

noun / ~する noun:

• doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end

adverb:

• from beginning to end; the whole time; throughout; consistently

suffix noun / noun:

• appearing ...; looking ... - usu. after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 様だ
• way to ...; method of ...ing - usu. after the -masu stem of a verb
• form; style; design - usu. after a noun
• like; similar to - usu. after a noun ➜ 様だ

noun:

• thing (thought or spoken)

noun / ~する noun:

• ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)

noun / ~する noun:

• submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)

noun / ~する noun:

• crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation

noun:

• tilapia (freshwater fishes native to Africa, introduced to many areas worldwide as a food source) - From Latin

ichidan verb:

• to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers