expression:

• A single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; Even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; Watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; to cross a dangerous bridge [literal]

noun:

• sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship)

~する noun:

• to sink a ship

noun:

• court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period)
• female servant for a samurai family
• lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)

expression / noun:

• flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; passage of time; stream of time
• current of the times; trend of the times

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a stab at arousing someone's interest - idiom
• (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them
• to offer water before a grave

noun:

• yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer
• grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow) - obsolete term
• failing to win a single hand during a half-game - Mahjong term

noun / ~する noun:

• bringing up a matter; discussion; debate; submission (e.g. a measure); referral (e.g. bill to a committee); placing (e.g. item on an agenda)

noun:

• one sheet; one page; one leaf
• one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant)
• one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.) - also written as 一挺, 一梃
• one cho (unit of distance, 109.09 m)
• one game; one task

adverbial noun:

• well then; come then

noun / ~する noun:

• release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off; acquittal

noun:

• gentle spring rain
• thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch) ［はるさめ］

godan ~む verb:

• to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring

noun / ~の noun:

• what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation; legend; folk tale - four character idiom

noun:

• emotional effect on pet owners from losing their pet - From English "pet loss"

expression:

• beggars at Ise Grand Shrine (expression used to deride stingy people from Ise) - slang

noun:

• Chinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes) - archaism

noun:

• foreign lands - derogatory term
• clans supposedly descended from foreign lineage (i.e. Chinese or Korean)

noun:

• school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)

noun:

• foreign religion (from Japan's perspective, esp. Christianity) ［がいきょう］
• religion other than Buddhism - esp. げきょう - Buddhism term Antonym: 内教

noun:

• red vinegar made from fermented sake lees - Food term
• plum vinegar with perilla leaves added - Food term ➜ 白酢

noun:

• term used in translation; translation equivalent
• word borrowed and translated from another language

noun:

• daily life noise; household noises; noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences

noun:

• hoverboard; hover board; fictional hovering skateboard from the Back to the Future series

noun:

• spot removal, esp. from the skin - usu. シミ取り ➜ 染み【しみ】
• spot remover (carpets, etc.) - usu. 染み取り ➜ 染み【しみ】

expression / noun:

• person who steals money from the workplace; embezzler; untrustworthy person