noun:

• piece of wood (cut from a larger piece); chip of wood; block of wood

noun / ~する noun:

• victimized by the unlucky year; victimised by the unlucky year

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go with the flow; to go with the times - idiom

expression / adverb:

• far away in the distance; in the far distance

noun:

• right crop for the land; suitable crop for the land - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow

expression / ichidan verb:

• to button up wrong; to start from the wrong button
• to bungle up the order - idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it
• to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall

expression:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action ➜ 目の上のこぶ

noun / ~する noun:

• intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion
• absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); assimilation
• reception and protection - Buddhism term

noun:

• Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE) - honorific language
• The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC) ➜ 孫子の兵法
• Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way)
• to put off; to delay; to postpone; to stagger (e.g. working hours)

expression:

• start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps ➜ 隗より始めよ
• he who first suggests it should be the first to do it ➜ 隗より始めよ

expression:

• start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps - proverb
• he who first suggests it should be the first to do it - proverb

noun:

• chairman; speaker (e.g. of assembly); president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.); moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup)

noun:

• light and shade; shade (of colour, color)
• depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)

expression / noun:

• a matter of time; matter of hours; question of time

noun:

• amplitude; degree of vibration; range of vibration; degree of instability

noun:

• deleted residence record; record of deletion of certificate of residence ➜ 住民票

noun:

• brown-spotted spinefoot (Siganus stellatus, species of rabbitfish from the Indian Ocean); starspotted spinefoot; tellate rabbitfish; yellow-tail starry rabbitfish ➜ イエローテールスターリーラビットフィッシュ

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 辺張待ち【ペンチャンまち】

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year

noun:

• thrust; stab; lunge; pass (in fencing)
• tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo) - Martial Arts term
• tsuki; thrust to the chest - Sumo term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to go through; to pass through
• to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon); to evade (the law)