noun:

• round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw - four character idiom

expression:

• two heads are better than one; if three people gather; the wisdom of Manjushri [literal] - proverb ➜ 文殊

noun / ~の noun:

• in earnest; single-minded; with intense concentration; rushing headlong into - four character idiom
• one and only; unique

expression:

• one who experiences a chronic ailment takes better care of his health and lives longer - four character idiom

noun:

• half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh ➜ 結跏趺坐【けっかふざ】

adjective:

• patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending ➜ 恩に着せる【おんにきせる】

expression / adverb:

• one more; another; the other ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
• not quite ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
• close run; just falling short of success

noun:

• food (meat, fish, vegetables, etc.) cooked separately but served together on one dish

adverb:

• at the mercy of (e.g. wind, waves); (act) as one is told (by) - in form 〜のまにまに ➜ ままに

noun:

• Heterodontidae (family with one genus, Heterodontus, containing 9 living species of bullhead sharks)

noun:

• Luvaridae; family containing one extant species of perciform fish similar to a surgeonfish

noun:

• place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction - the へ is pronounced as え in this word - archaism ➜ 方違え・方塞がり

noun:

• throwaway match (i.e. one played after a tournament has already been decided); dead rubber

adverb:

• anyway; anyhow; as one likes
• by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes

noun:

• thirteen orphans; winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 国士無双

noun:

• direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives - Buddhism term ➜ 依報

noun:

• period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual - colloquialism

noun / suffix noun:

• clothes (esp. Western clothes)

suffix / counter:

• counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc. ➜ 一服

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to approach; to draw near; to be imminent

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

noun / ~する noun:

• public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate
• to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time

noun:

• now-now-ism; being interested only in the here and now without any regard for the future

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lay hands on; to touch
• to care for; to look after
• to make off with; to steal

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot - idiom ➜ 痛い所

noun:

• var. of folksong; var. of koto or shamisen music; medley of (Japanese) songs