godan ~く verb:

• to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end

noun:

• Lacerta (constellation); the Lizard

noun:

• helicopter money; stimulating the economy by distributing newly printed money to consumers - Economics term

noun:

• spring dust [literal]; frost and snow that's blown like dust in the air by the spring wind

noun:

• one who is obsessed with (getting into, holding on to) political power; one who is obsessed with the idea of taking over government - four character idiom

noun:

• my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list) - abbreviation ➜ マイミクシィ

noun:

• skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world - four character idiom
• child kabuki actor - orig. meaning - archaism

expression:

• good luck!; all the best

~の noun / noun:

• wind-swept; exposed to the wind ➜ 吹き曝し

noun:

• Ginkgoaceae; family of flowering plants whose only extant member is the ginkgo ➜ 銀杏【いちょう】

noun:

• Cichlidae; family of fishes exhibiting fusion of the lower pharyngeal bones into a single tooth-bearing structure

noun:

• Canthigaster; genus of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to nock (an arrow); to fix an arrow to the string

noun:

• indigo wax; cylindrical shape made from indigo dye froth, often by boiling the froth with caustic soda, used for coloring paintings, etc.

godan ~む verb:

• to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor

noun:

• monkey booze; sake-like liquid produced by the fermentation of fruits left by monkeys in tree caches or hollows in rocks

noun:

• musette; musical instrument of the bagpipe family - From French

noun:

• aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser ➜ ウケを狙う

expression / ~す verb (precursor to modern する):

• to be unable to make up one's mind; to sit on the fence ➜ 首鼠両端【しゅそりょうたん】

noun:

• (hot) stove league; trading of players in the off-season - Baseball term

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to despair of; to see the vanity of

noun:

• nub; core of the issue

noun / ~する noun:

• emperor's reply; reply to the emperor

noun / ~する noun:

• triangular position; three-cornered contest

noun:

• gas pedal; pressing one's foot on the genitals of a supine person while pulling on their feet