expression:

• out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed - colloquialism

expression:

• not a single person (with negative verb); no one

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)

noun:

• wait (until one is given permission)
• postponement; putting on hold

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)

noun:

• purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such) - often called yams in America, but this is technically incorrect

noun:

• hairstyle; shape of one's head
• fish served whole ［かしらつき］ ➜ 尾頭付き【おかしらつき】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses - Sumo term

noun:

• U-shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers ➜ 握り鋏

noun:

• eating one's bento before lunchtime (e.g. of a student)

expression / noun:

• useless messenger; doing only as one is told; fool's errand - idiom

expression / adjective:

• inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

expression / adjective:

• inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

noun / ~する noun:

• dying of shame; being so ashamed one wants to die

noun:

• guardian deity of pregnant women, newborn babies and one's birthplace ➜ 産の神

noun:

• guardian deity of pregnant women, newborn babies and one's birthplace

noun:

• one's favourite member of a pop group, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 推しメンバー【おしメンバー】

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to get on one's way (back home)

noun:

• one's favourite member of a pop group, etc.

expression / adjective:

• being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something

noun:

• having too many tiles on one's hand - Mahjong term - From Chinese

expression / noun:

• menial services (e.g. kitchen work); serving one's master unsparingly - usu. as 薪水の労をとる

noun:

• marrow; pith
• centre; center; nucleus; hub
• bottom of one's heart

expression / noun:

• short lesson dealing with one specific point - From English "one-point lesson"

noun:

• staffing a retail outlet with one person - From English "one operation"