expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be away from home; to be out of the house

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to shake and untangle; to shake free from

expression / ichidan verb:

• to escape death; to be saved from death

noun / ~する noun:

• wind blowing down, coming over a mountain

noun:

• immediately after one's draw - Mahjong term
• winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left - Mahjong term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty - from Uesugi Kenshin sending salt to his enemy, Takeda Shingen, when Takeda's salt supply had been cut off

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いけじめ］
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いけしめ
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いけしめ

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to extract (e.g. a passage from a book); to make an excerpt

noun:

• chopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish ➜ 取り皿

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of - idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase
• to buy up (all of something)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a good eye (from having seen fine art, etc.); to be a connoisseur ➜ 肥える

noun / ~する noun:

• generation-to-generation instruction from master to disciple - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to peek (though a keyhole, gap, etc.)
• to look down into (a ravine, etc.)
• to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.)
• to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at
• to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.); to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to examine (an expression); to study (a face)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to face - esp. 臨く - archaism ➜ 臨む

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to have the ladder pulled out from under one [literal]

noun:

• niche or alcove for an image
• (in Okinawa) portable shrine used to move a deceased from their house to the graveyard

temporal noun:

• from (since) ancient times; from time immemorial - four character idiom

noun:

• futomaki; thick roll of makizushi
• rolling something thickly; something rolled thickly (a cigar, etc.) ➜ 細巻き【ほそまき】

noun:

• amount deducted (from); deduction (from); abatement

noun:

• highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road
• highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...) ➜ 出世街道【しゅっせかいどう】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become empty (hollow)
• to relax from a tense situation into a vacant or absent minded state

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to catch 'the stupid' (e.g. from talking to stupid people, watching mindless TV, etc.) - colloquialism

noun:

• thrice moving from house to house
• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning - abbreviation ➜ 三遷の教え