noun:

• smoke of powder and hail of bullets; (in) the thick of the raging battle - four character idiom

noun:

• the seven treasures and many other precious things; all the treasures in the world - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be fooled by something; to be taken in; to fall for a trick

expression / adverb:

• never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means

noun:

• a tree as seen in winter (esp. a barren deciduous tree)
• evergreen tree

expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; evidence is better than debate [literal]

noun:

• modern koto (in contrast to the gagaku koto or gakuso); modern koto music ➜ 楽箏

noun:

• sake that has been kept in a wooden cask; cask sake; barreled sake

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall in love (for the first time); to know love
• to be compassionate

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat

noun:

• dried up waterfall; dry waterfall - esp. 涸滝
• simulated waterfall in a dry garden - esp. 枯滝

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to haul up; to pull up (with both hands); to reel in

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position - idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to parch; to fry; to fire; to broil; to roast; to boil down (in oil)

noun:

• gallery; corridor ➜ 廊下・回廊
• art gallery
• upper gallery (in a theatre) ➜ 天井桟敷
• spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)

adjectival noun:

• honest; respectable

noun:

• respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.)
• person in a respectable occupation

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to gear (engage) with; to be in gear (mesh)
• to bite each other

noun:

• (in the shape of a) mouth
• mouthpiece (of a cigarette)
• manner of speech

noun / ~の noun:

• system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)

conjunction:

• and then; besides; on top of that
• in that case; that being the case; if so

expression:

• a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold) - four character idiom

noun:

• service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• blind snake (esp. the Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus); worm snake

expression:

• fools rush in - abbreviation ➜ 盲蛇に怖じず

adverb:

• with a clunk; with a clank - onomatopoeia
• the sound of a sudden decrease (in profits, vigor, etc.)

noun:

• revision seal; correction seal (special seal used to indicate a correction in an official document)