expression:

• in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short ➜ 早く言えば

expression:

• in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short ➜ 手っ取り早く言えば

expression / ichidan verb:

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

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to bring a complaint to a person (who is responsible for the problem)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position ➜ 立場

adjective:

• fast working - idiom ➜ 手が早い
• fast in forming relationships with women - idiom
• quick to resort to violence - idiom

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to hold two or more positions concurrently; to do different work concurrently

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to wheedle a person into doing something
• to carry a portable shrine

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance

godan ~す verb:

• to factor out (e.g. in algebra); to pull out common elements

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively - from the Disney movie Dumbo ➜ 耳がダンボ【みみがダンボ】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation

expression / ichidan verb:

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

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart

intransitive verb / godan ~る verb:

• to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated

pronoun:

• that way (direction distant from the speaker, close to the listener) ➜ 何方【どちら】・此方【こちら】・彼方【あちら】
• there (place distant from the speaker, close to the listener)
• that one (something close to the listener)
• you; your family; your company
• that person (someone close to the listener)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush [literal] ➜ やぶ蛇

noun:

• mizuchi; mythical dragon-like beast, believed to ascend to the heavens through rain
• unfulfilled genius; dormant talent

godan ~く verb:

• to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

noun:

• nirmanakaya (response body, form taken by a buddha according to the capabilities of those who are to be saved) - Buddhism term ➜ 三身

noun:

• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) similar to Dorian mode ➜ 呂旋法