noun / ~する noun:

• weather strip; weather stripping; sealing up (a window)
• putting on eyeliner (in theatre) ［目張り］

noun:

• qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything
• spirits; mind
• divine atmosphere; mysterious presence

noun / ~する noun:

• intermingling of public policy with private interest; mixing up official business with personal affairs - four character idiom

noun:

• mouse-over explanation; pop-up explanation; what's this tip - IT term - From English "pop hint"

noun:

• (gay) cruising spot; (gay) pick-up joint (e.g. bar) ➜ ホモバー

noun:

• Kaiseijo (school of foreign studies set up by the shogunate during the Edo period)

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たない, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たず, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】・めどが立たない

noun:

• being driven to the wall; finding oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea; finding oneself between a rock and a hard place - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する) / transitive:

• to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to place under someone's care ➜ 託する
• to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to leave (a message) with someone
• to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
• to use as a pretext

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to place under someone's care ➜ 託す
• to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to leave (a message) with someone
• to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
• to use as a pretext

noun / suffix noun:

• training; education; upbringing

noun:

• stocking up; laying in
• preparation (e.g. ingredients)
• girl studying to become a geisha

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward; to be prone to
• to go down (sun); to wane; to sink; to decline

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward; to be prone to ➜ 傾く
• to go down (sun); to wane; to sink; to decline ➜ 傾く

godan ~く verb:

• to be underwater from the neck down; to collect shells, seaweed, etc. by diving under the water - archaism
• to force something under the surface of the water

expression:

• trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease - four character idiom

noun:

• (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
• (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject

noun:

• eyeball
• special feature; centerpiece; showpiece; drawcard - abbreviation ➜ 目玉番組【めだまばんぐみ】
• special program; loss leader - abbreviation ➜ 目玉商品【めだましょうひん】
• sunny-side up fried egg - abbreviation ➜ 目玉焼き【めだまやき】

noun / ~する noun:

• accepting a challenge; returning fire; fighting back; putting up a fight; responding to an attack

noun / ~する noun:

• growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up
• becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing

noun / ~する noun:

• seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

noun / ~する noun:

• closing up shop (for the day)
• stopping business; going out of business

noun:

• match-up between wrestlers from different divisions who will probably 'switch' divisions in new ranking - Sumo term

godan ~る verb:

• to fabricate (stories) (based on alleged behaviour of the Asahi newspaper); to make up - slang - humorous term