expression:

• slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; constant dripping wears away a stone [literal] - proverb

godan ~く verb:

• to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss
• to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

expression:

• stop talking nonsense; don't be ridiculous; give me a break

expression:

• to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; a crab digs a hole like its own shell [literal] - idiom

expression / adjective:

• generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality ➜ 人がいい

noun:

• misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko ➜ 仕込み【しこみ】・舞子【まいこ】

noun:

• tree form; tree shape; shape of a tree

expression / adjective:

• not be concerned about at all; not mind about at all; not care a bit ➜ 気になる

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air - usu. as 真面目くさった or 真面目くさって

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of
• to decide to - usually written using kana alone ➜ 事にする

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to work together; to strive together; to form a tag team [literal]

noun / ~の noun:

• (dental) alveolus; (dental) alveoli; socket in the jaw containing the root of a tooth

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be crazy; to be mad; to have a screw loose

noun:

• stile; doorjamb; doorpost; vertical frame element on the left or right of a door or window

noun:

• faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement

adverb:

• unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain ➜ 頭ごなし

noun:

• dead center; dead centre; right in the middle

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of
• to cause to fall; to make decline

noun:

• thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap
• re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable) - orig. meaning

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be at one's wit's end; to be in great trouble; to be at a loss

noun:

• hip roof; hipped roof; building with a hip roof

noun:

• pope's nose; parson's nose; meat from around the coccyx of a chicken

noun:

• fan in autumn (esp. one that is no longer used); "outdated item that has fallen into disuse" [figurative]; "woman who has lost a man's affection or interest" [figurative] ➜ 秋の扇

noun:

• price tag; price label; tag displaying a base price which cannot be reduced by negotiation