expression / godan ~く verb:

• to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step ➜ 歩調を揃える

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be eaten; to be bitten (e.g. by bugs) ➜ 食う
• to be outdone; to be upstaged

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around

expression:

• what chances to one man may happen to all; what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone - proverb

godan ある verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to come; to go; to be (somewhere) - sometimes erroneously written 居らっしゃる - honorific language

godan ある verb (spec.) / auxiliary verb:

• to be (doing) - after a -te form, or the particle "de" - honorific language

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to rain; to begin to snow

godan ~す verb:

• to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble ➜ 煩わせる

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be reluctant to answer; to hesitate to answer

ichidan verb:

• to forget to say; to forget to mention

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to suck up to; to curry up to someone ➜ おべっか

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be brought to mind; to come to mind ➜ 偲ぶ

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to wither; to begin to dry out

expression / ichidan verb:

• to go to heaven; to be called to heaven

noun:

• pacifist constitution (often applied to the Japanese constitution); constitution which outlaws use of arms ➜ 日本国憲法

adjectival noun / noun:

• chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated; worldly (esp. in terms of being familiar with the red light district, geishas and actors) - いき is also written as 意気 Antonym: 野暮
• considerate; understanding; sympathetic

noun / adjectival noun:

• essence; the best; the cream ［すい］

expression:

• attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee [literal] - proverb

noun:

• chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor
• ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous ➜ 任侠・侠客

noun:

• fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

noun / ~する noun:

• notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration)
• being well versed (in something) ➜ 精通

noun:

• one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it - four character idiom

expression:

• twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight) ➜ 大禍時

noun:

• plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes

noun:

• bai ze (mythical chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)

noun:

• unloading a barge
• small pieces of fried tofu
• palanquin that carried guests to and from the red light district