expression:

• size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle [literal] - proverb

noun:

• soldiers of the ritsuryo system that guarded gates of the imperial palace, the court, etc.
• term used in error to refer to young men that were made to do forced labour in the ritsuryo system
• guards originally stationed at the grand shrine at Ise and shrine at Atsuta, Nagoya to protect the officials there

noun:

• trying to reach above one's station and failing; trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing; monkey trying to catch the moon (and drowning) [literal] - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

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

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fill in a hole; to plug up a hole; to fill in for a vacancy

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to try and reach above one's station and fail; to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail; a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns) [literal] - idiom ➜ 猿猴捉月

noun / ~する noun:

• inability to make up one's mind due to worrying about how others will think; hesitation; wavering; vacillation - four character idiom

expression:

• pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

expression / ichidan verb:

• to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question - idiom

noun:

• automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems) - abbreviation - IT term ➜ カウンター・モニ

noun:

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

noun:

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

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang low over (e.g. clouds)
• to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• holiday ➜ 紋日
• day on which prostitutes had to receive clients (or pay their own fee to avoid doing so) - archaism

expression:

• pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand ➜ 見て見ぬ振り

adjectival noun:

• comprador-like; being an underling to a foreign company to the detriment of one's own country

noun:

• getting paid to go out drinking (usu. a set amount to cover the taxi fare home) ➜ ギャラ

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to address (someone) without using an honorific title; to refer to (someone) without an honorific title

noun / ~の noun:

• neighbor (neighbour); next to (esp. living next door to)

noun / ~する noun:

• going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work Antonym: 退社

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

expression / godan ~る verb:

• by means of; due to; because of; according to