expression:

• a small leak can sink a great ship - proverb

expression:

• a small leak will sink a great ship - proverb

expression:

• with a gentle face and a nice word - four character idiom

noun:

• aim to make a prefecture a travel destination

noun / ~する noun:

• aim to make a country a travel destination

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a pun on a word

noun:

• archery range (sometimes a front for a brothel) - archaism ➜ 楊弓・矢場【やば】

noun:

• pickle on a stick (usually a cucumber)

noun / ~する noun:

• turning a film, novel, etc. into a manga - From English "comic + -alize"

expression:

• a small leak will sink a great ship - proverb

noun:

• dish placed on the far side of the serving table (kaiseki cuisine); side dishes at a banquet (e.g. sashimi, salad, vinegared dish; not rice or soup) - Food term ➜ 懐石
• resting one's forehead on the chest of one's opponent and grabbing his belt - Sumo term

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a clatter; with a rattle - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• empty; bare; uninhabited; vacant; unoccupied - onomatopoeia
• raspy (voice); gravelly; husky - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a gargle - onomatopoeia

~する noun / adverb:

• rough (personality, speech, etc.); unreserved; outspoken; boorish; ill-mannered - onomatopoeia

noun:

• rattle (e.g. baby's toy) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• restoring the declining fortunes; recovering from the discouraging situation; reversing the downward trend - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)

expression / godan ~く verb:

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

yodan ~く verb (archaic):

• to make a noise; to make a racket - archaism
• to give a heartfelt reception; to welcome; to entertain - archaism - Kantō dialect

noun:

• a family; a household; a home; one's family; whole family
• (one's own) style; school
• gang; (yazuka) family

godan ~す verb:

• to question again; to repeat a question (esp. a problematic point, or to verify understanding); to repeat a query

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a room ［にゅうしつ］ ➜ 退室
• studying under a Buddhist teacher - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• introducing (a bill); presentation; departure on a journey

noun:

• doing a job; riding and sweating up a horse

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• a little too short
• slightly worse; a bit inferior

noun / ~する noun:

• eating with a guest
• nominal official (a slighting term)

noun:

• a strong beginning and a weak ending; an anticlimax - four character idiom

noun:

• good bargain; a find; godsend; a steal