expression:

• Japan and Korea as one (slogan from 1910-1945)

noun:

• (being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• looking on with surprise; surprised and changing one's expression

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have one's hands slip (and drop something)

expression:

• now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease - four character idiom

expression:

• one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue - proverb ➜ 物を言う

godan ~る verb:

• to pledge; to vow; to promise; to swear
• to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed

noun:

• do not do unto others what you would not have done unto you - proverb ➜ 己所不欲勿施於人

noun:

• sub-temple, esp. a Zen one founded to commemorate the death of a high priest - Buddhism term

expression / adjectival noun:

• triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck [literal]

noun:

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

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one's respects
• to beg; to make a supplication
• to see (something or someone of high status) - sometimes used sarcastically in modern Japanese - humble language

noun:

• Columbian exchange; widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, disease, and ideas between the Old and New Worlds

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud)
• to make a young woman one's own thing

noun / ~する noun:

• intermission during a performance (e.g. variety show, play, sumo, etc.)
• temporary departure of an actor (between the first and second halves of a noh or kyogen performance, during which time they change costumes, etc.)

noun:

• keitai-mail friend (someone one keeps in touch with only by typing messages with one's thumb) - obscure term - slang ➜ 親指

noun:

• One Village One Product movement; OVOP; campaign to boost the countryside by promoting the special products of local areas

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back - onomatopoeia
• action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head - onomatopoeia

expression / adjective:

• big and brawny; well built; gigantic ➜ ガタイがいい

noun:

• one's company; company one works for

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• in-house; belonging to the company

noun:

• person to be reckoned with; person of importance
• one person; one character; someone

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest
• to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to
• to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose
• to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips - Sumo term

expression:

• struggling to grab hold of one's opponent's belt with one's dominant hand - Sumo term

noun:

• angel's index; proportion of one's income spent on one's children ➜ エンゲル係数【エンゲルけいすう】