noun:

• woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale - four character idiom ➜ 傾国傾城

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change clothes (on someone else, e.g. child, doll); to change the wallpaper or skin (of a smart phone, etc.)

noun:

• front company set up to hide someone's true profession by pretending to employ them (often used by call girls) ➜ ダミー会社

noun:

• hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 迷い箸

noun:

• hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 惑い箸

noun:

• woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale - four character idiom ➜ 傾城傾国【けいせいけいこく】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to muster (one's strength)
• to strain (e.g. one's voice)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be deprived of one's role; to have one's livelihood taken away

noun:

• Failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a guilty conscience; to have (something) lie heavy on one's conscience

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a surreptitious sexual relationship with; to have an illicit love affair with

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a meal (before doing something); to fortify oneself with a meal

expression / adjective:

• to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility

noun:

• auxiliary shrine (dedicated to a deity close-related to that of a main shrine) ➜ 本社

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon; to scoop water with a basket [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

expression / noun:

• beginning to learn (something) when one is old; not being too old to learn - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to come of age (for a girl) - obscure term ➜ 肩揚げ
• to lengthen the sleeves of a kimono - obscure term

~の noun / noun:

• related to the teachings of Buddha; able to be saved by Buddha - Buddhism term Antonym: 無縁【むえん】
• related; relevant Antonym: 無縁【むえん】

expression / godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take the easy way out; to take the path of least resistance

noun:

• imitation that looks identical to the original; fake causing the original to lose value - four character idiom

godan ~る verb:

• to draw a tile from the wall - Mahjong term ➜ 自摸
• to win on a self-drawn tile - Mahjong term ➜ 自摸