expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do an act of benevolence at the sacrifice of oneself

noun:

• enforcement regulations; misterial ordinance; regulations relative to the application of a law

noun:

• nuclear allergy; antipathy shown by the Japanese to nuclear weapons

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to start a bout with the turn of a referee's fan - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• exercising self-restraint and conforming to the rules of etiquette and formality - four character idiom

noun:

• particle that attaches to a phrase and acts on the whole phrase - e.g. the の of のです ➜ のです

noun / adjectival noun:

• to the satisfaction of all parties; all sides being happy and satisfied - four character idiom

expression:

• it's tactless to state the obvious; that's best left unsaid

noun:

• ambrosia (drink conferring immortality)
• drink used as an offering (to the gods)

noun:

• clouds appearing before the wind starts to blow
• winds and clouds - esp. かぜくも ➜ 風雲【ふううん】

noun:

• stripping to one's waist; being bare from the waist up

noun:

• three ministries (under the ritsuryo system: Ministries of Civil Services, Health & War) ➜ 律令制
• three departments (in Tang-dynasty China: Secretariat, Chancellory & Dept. of State Affairs)

noun:

• form of poetry found on the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara (following a 5-7-5-7-7-7 moraic pattern)

noun:

• arm glove; arm warmer; sleevelet
• bracelet
• leather thread on guard or pommel of a sword
• hole in the butt end of a Chinese spear

noun:

• temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those to celebrate it

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become stuck up; to become conceited; to get cocky; to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience

noun:

• crossed fingers and word said to call someone to be avoided as 'dirty' - children's language

~する noun:

• to cross one's fingers (to ward off 'dirt')

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul; to take risks with other people's money ➜ 人のふんどしで相撲を取る【ひとのふんどしですもうをとる】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to lend; to loan
• to rent out; to hire out

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be thirsty; to feel thirsty ➜ 喉が乾く
• to thirst for; to crave - often as 〜に渇いた

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude

godan ~す verb:

• to make someone cry; to move someone to tears ➜ 泣かせる
• to grieve

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double