noun:

• having only tiles of one suit and no honor tiles (yaku) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 清一色

auxiliary verb:

• indicates respect for the one performing an action and politeness to the listener - after a monosyllable imperfective form verb - archaism - female language - polite language

noun:

• crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat ➜ 四つん這い【よつんばい】

expression / adjective:

• mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable - idiom

expression:

• neither one thing nor the other; too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie [literal]

noun:

• pushing something out; extrusion
• presence; appearance
• run walked in - Baseball term
• pushing one's opponent out by pressing one's hands up against them - Sumo term

godan ~す verb:

• to dislocate one's back ➜ 腰を抜かす
• to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise; to lose one's legs

noun / ~する noun:

• going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance - four character idiom

noun:

• not being obsessed with something very long (just as clouds and haze pass swiftly before one's eyes) - four character idiom

noun:

• one country, two systems (Chinese policy allowing for the communist mainland and capitalist areas such as Hong Kong)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to float
• to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp
• to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet ➜ 腰を浮かす

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give one's heart to; to fall in love
• to turn one's mind towards; to think of

noun:

• one's common name; one's popular name; alias
• house name

noun:

• one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to adhere to one's principles; to preserve one's chastity

noun / ~する noun:

• working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable

pre-noun adjectival:

• considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

noun:

• big bend (esp. in a road)

noun:

• appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way

expression / noun:

• the most one can do; as much as one can; as hard as possible

expression / adverb:

• for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account ➜ 為に

expression:

• unable to suppress one's emotions ➜ 堪える
• unable to cope with one's responsibilities

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to disgrace one's ancestors; to tarnish the honour of one's ancestors