expression / adjective:

• too busy to deal with; unable to keep up

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know ➜ とぼける

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to put something on top of another thing; to superimpose ➜ 重ね合わせ【かさねあわせ】

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to look the other way; to hush up a problem - idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to become speechless; to be at a loss for words - idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to come alive (once again); to spring back into life - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to do something foolhardy; to braid a tiger's whiskers [literal] - idiom - obscure term

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to crow at the break of dawn (of a rooster, etc.); to mark the dawn; to proclaim the dawn

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be included; to be composed of; to be comprised of

noun:

• two swords
• being skilled in two fields; (an) expert in two fields - abbreviation ➜ 両刀使い【りょうとうづかい】
• liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well - abbreviation ➜ 両刀使い【りょうとうづかい】
• bisexual (person) - abbreviation ➜ 両刀使い【りょうとうづかい】

expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it - proverb

noun:

• side-foot (e.g. in soccer); kick with the side of the foot - From English "sidekick"
• side kick (e.g. in martial arts)
• sidekick; companion

noun:

• Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266) ➜ 三国【さんごく】
• Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)

adjective:

• strong; potent; competent; domineering; tough
• strong; brawny; powerful; healthy; rugged
• good (at); skilled; knowledgeable
• being able to handle; know how to deal (with); durable (against); resistant (to); resilient - as 〜に強い
• firm; rigid; solid
• intense; strong; fierce; high
• dependable; trustworthy

noun:

• proportional representation system in which both party and individual votes are cast, seats are distributed amongst parties by proportion of vote obtained, and candidates are elected in descending order of number of votes obtained ➜ 拘束名簿式比例代表制

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something

adverb / noun / ~の noun:

• very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite - 余 is ateji ➜ 余っ程【よっぽど】

adverb:

• just about to ➜ 余っ程【よっぽど】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else

godan ~ぐ verb:

• to pluck (usually from a tree); to pick (e.g. apples)

adverb / noun / ~の noun:

• very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite - 余 is ateji ➜ 余程【よほど】

adverb:

• just about to ➜ 余程【よほど】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to get information out of a person
• to begin listening

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)

godan ~る verb:

• to throw one's weight around; to be puffed up