adverb / ~の noun:

• for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

noun:

• exceeding (overstepping) one's powers (competence, authority); abuse of one's legal authority; acting ultra vires - four character idiom

expression:

• the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

expression:

• what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing - proverb

noun:

• position (where one is standing); place where one stands
• position (in society); status; role; station

noun / ~する noun:

• spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty - colloquialism

noun:

• child born to one's legal wife (as opposed to one's concubine, etc.) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• writing down what one hears; account of what one hears

noun:

• eyes and ears; seeing and hearing
• one's attention; one's interest

noun:

• inability to live up to one's rank; out of one's league

expression / ichidan verb:

• to chase one's gloom away; to free one's thoughts from melancholy - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• right to speak; offering one's opinion to one's superior; proposal

noun:

• by virtue of one's office; in the nature of one's duties

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to throw one's chest out; to hold one's head high

noun:

• as freely as one pleases; at will; to one's heart's content - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to talk through one's hat; to blow one's own horn - idiom

expression:

• honey in one's mouth but a razor in one's belt - idiom

expression:

• result of one's blood, sweat, and tears; fruits of one's labour

expression / ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to engrave in one's heart; to inscribe on one's liver [literal] - idiom

noun:

• villa arranged appropriately for summer; mansion arranged appropriately for summer

noun:

• right crop for the land; suitable crop for the land - four character idiom

expression:

• it is easier to do something than worry about it; the anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face; fear overruns the danger; an attempt is sometimes easier than expected; it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish

noun / ~する noun:

• looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves); remaining a passive onlooker - four character idiom

expression:

• take care of the penny; he who makes fun of one sen will cry at one sen [literal] - proverb ➜ 一円を笑う者は一円に泣く・一銭