expression:

• no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child - proverb - obscure term

expression:

• faith is mysterious; through faith, even something trivial (like a pilchard's head) seems valuable - proverb

noun:

• taking food directly from a communal dish with one's own chopsticks (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 取り箸

noun:

• sending off a customer (e.g. to the closest train station)
• sending customers (somebody's way)

noun:

• adding a product line or department to improve a store's performance - From English "line robbing"

noun:

• battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather
• fireman's standard (Edo period)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be idle; to slacken

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to neglect (e.g. one's work) ➜ 怠る

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

godan ~く verb:

• to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch

godan ~く verb:

• to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

noun:

• place to go; person to turn to or depend on; one's resort

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder

godan ~る verb:

• to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions - colloquialism

yodan ~ふ verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to serve (by a superior's side) ［候ふ］ - archaism

auxiliary verb / yodan ~ふ verb (archaic):

• to be - auxiliary used in place of ある after で or に when forming a copula - archaism - polite language
• to do - auxiliary used in place of ます after a -masu stem - archaism - polite language

expression:

• to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end ➜ 手段を選ばずに

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be tonsured; to have one's head shaved
• to become a monk

noun:

• atoll butterflyfish (Chaetodon mertensii); Merten's butterflyfish; keel-finned butterfly-fish; orangebar butterflyfish

expression / ichidan verb:

• to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to spread one's legs
• to agree to have sex (for a woman)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp

expression:

• red sky at night, sailors delight; red sky in morning, sailors take warning; red sky at night, shepherds delight; red sky in morning, shepherds take warning - proverb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to make a decision; to draw a conclusion
• to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to pass a sentence; to give an order
• to let go down; to lower
• to do oneself; to do by oneself ➜ 手を下す
• to beat; to defeat
• to have loose bowels; to have diarrhea
• to pass (in stool); to discharge from the body

auxiliary verb / godan ~す verb:

• to do in one go; to do to the end without stopping

noun:

• cutting pliers; lineman's pliers; combination pliers - From English "pinchers"

noun:

• Labour Party; Labor Party; worker's party

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bury (e.g. in the ground)
• to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed
• to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to bridge (a difference, a gap); to fill (a seat, a vacant position); to fill out
• to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends; to compensate for
• to put cold water (in a bath)
• to cover; to scatter something over