noun:

• breakthrough in the situation; break in the deadlocked situation - four character idiom

noun:

• belief in the next world; belief in the hereafter - four character idiom

noun:

• phonetic change; change in sound; shift in sound

expression:

• In for a penny, in for a pound - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go down in history; to remain in history

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes

adverb:

• to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; consistently; to the utmost
• after all; it must be remembered; only; purely; simply

expression / ichidan verb:

• to twist a thread
• to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability - idiom - abbreviation ➜ 腕によりをかける

expression:

• spoiling someone's work; useless effort; laboring in vain; labouring in vain; if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• open-air tea ceremony
• aristocrat taking a break during a trip in a palanquin
• something standing in the open

noun:

• humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits - honorific language - polite language ➜ 機嫌
• safety; health; well-being; one's situation - honorific language - polite language

adjectival noun:

• in a good mood; in high spirits; happy; cheery; merry; chipper

noun:

• stage prop in kabuki, consisting of a revolving panel with a life-size doll on each side
• rapid change in a situation, person's attitude, etc.

expression:

• "rat in a trap" [figurative]; "trapped rat" [figurative]; rat in a bag [literal]

noun:

• every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

expression / ~の noun:

• as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to drift; to float
• to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air
• to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood)
• to wander; to walk around aimlessly
• to be unsteady; to be unstable - archaism
• to falter; to flinch; to wince - archaism
• to live in unreliable circumstances - archaism

noun:

• meridian (e.g. in acupuncture); channel; one of the lines connecting vital points in the body
• thread of connection; chain of reasoning

noun:

• mutual mourning; when one is in mourning, one doesn not make condolence calls or offers of help to others in mourning

expression / adverb:

• well; properly; suitably
• best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of; please do
• just like ...; as though one were ... - as ...よろしく
• by all means; of course - as よろしく…べし

expression:

• experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught [literal]

expression:

• So many people, so many minds; Everyone has his own ideas and tastes; It takes all sorts to make a world; To each his (her) own - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to spend all of one's free time; to spend one's time without constraint

noun:

• humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits
• safety; health; well-being; one's situation

adjectival noun:

• in a good mood; in high spirits; happy; cheery; merry; chipper - usu. as ご機嫌 ➜ ご機嫌【ごきげん】

noun / ~する noun:

• selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available

~の noun:

• commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf; store-bought