noun:

• sense of (one's) mission; awareness of one's duty (calling) - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to reveal one's true intentions; to show one's cards - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to expose one's thighs; to bare one's buttocks

noun:

• ass's ear abalone (Haliotis asinina); donkey's ear abalone

noun:

• Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo ➜ 十一【じゅういち】

adverb:

• bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body

noun:

• angular Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum); scented Solomon's seal

noun:

• pothole; giant's kettle; giant's cauldron - Geology term ➜ 甌穴
• pothole (road, pavement, etc.) ➜ 穴ぼこ【あなぼこ】

expression / noun:

• fruit of one's labor; result of one's efforts

noun / ~する noun:

• one's chest tightening up (from emotion) so much that one feels one's heart might stop; "dying of cuteness" - colloquialism ➜ きゅん

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• lightly rolling (of a small and round thing) - onomatopoeia
• pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter) - onomatopoeia
• changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); fickly; in a fickle manner - onomatopoeia
• roly-poly - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• chirp chirp; sound of insects - onomatopoeia
• ribbit ribbit; croak croak; sound of frogs - onomatopoeia ➜ ケロケロ

noun:

• roller; lint roller; paint roller ［ころころ・コロコロ］ - onomatopoeia

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to play a trick; to put up a false show; to deceive someone
• to put on a play; to present a play; to give a play - original meaning

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

adverb / ~と adverb:

• thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; pitapat; pitter-patter - onomatopoeia

~する noun:

• to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound; to palpitate - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Zen monk's waistcoat (short, informal kasaya) - archaism ➜ 袈裟・絡子【らくす】
• ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat
• netsuke; item attached to a netsuke ➜ 根付け

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to convey a message (e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass; to pass along; to put across - humble language ➜ 言い伝える

noun:

• a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section; a tune; note; strain; measure

noun:

• treasure chest (in the story of Urashima Taro); Urashima's casket; Pandora's box
• important secret that is not easily revealed to others

expression:

• a friend is a good thing to have; a good friend is a great blessing

expression:

• a friend is a good thing to have; a good friend is a great blessing ➜ 持つべきものは友

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play innocent; to have a blank facial expression
• to play the fool
• to be in one's dotage

expression:

• that's right; that's so - polite language - colloquialism

interjection / noun:

• crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture)
• something worthy of celebration
• giving up ［ばんざい］
• long time - archaism
• eternal life (and prosperity) - archaism

interjection:

• banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray)

noun:

• a snipe and a clam; a snipe and a mussel ➜ 鷸蚌の争い

noun:

• Japanese bondage torture (hands and feet are behind the victim's back, and they are hanged from the ceiling with a rock on their back)