ichidan verb / transitive:

• to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• fast-talking; always having another argument ready; not able to keep one's mouth shut; never at a loss for words ➜ 口の減らない

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless

noun:

• base-stone; plinth stone; stone that serves as a pedestal for a pillar

noun:

• prankster; joker; taking a joke to the extreme - Ōsaka dialect

noun:

• local cuisine; local delicacy; popular food from a particular area ➜ ご当地【ごとうち】・グルメ

noun:

• second-generation Diet member; second-generation politician; Diet member who succeeded a parent ➜ 世襲議員

noun:

• written report to the gods; imperial edict; written appeal to a superior

noun:

• hearthfire; ingle; open fire in a fireplace

noun:

• projecting signboard; side signboard; signboard projecting from a building

noun:

• half watch ashore; port and starboard liberty; shore leave for half of a ship's crew at once

noun:

• senior manager; director; person below the department head with responsibility for a particular area

noun:

• special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election

noun:

• double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess

noun:

• sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples

noun:

• bait pitch; sucker pitch; pitch that lures a batter to swing - Baseball term

noun:

• Bachelor of Arts; BA; B.A.

noun:

• kan-on; Han reading; on reading of a kanji based on Tang dynasty Chinese ➜ 呉音【ごおん】・唐音【とうおん】

noun:

• autotomy; self amputation; act of cutting off a part of one's own body in order to escape a predator

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw ➜ 目と鼻の先【めとはなのさき】

noun:

• first-time customer (of an inn or a restaurant); chance customer; customer without an introduction from a regular customer ➜ 一見の客・一見客

adjective:

• very tiresome; exhausting; being a damn nuisance - from 正直しんどい - slang

noun:

• kokedama; moss ball; plant grown in a ball of soil covered in moss, held together with string

noun / ~する noun:

• ex-officio questioning; police questioning (of a suspicious person); a police checkup - four character idiom