expression / godan ~む verb:

• to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die

noun:

• the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence

godan ~る verb:

• to jump from one thing to another

expression:

• fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing - idiom

noun:

• divining one's own fortune

noun:

• having one's choice

noun:

• one's wife ➜ 妻【つま】

noun:

• poking one's food around using one's chopsticks; playing with one's food with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases - colloquialism

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to repine at one's hard lot

noun:

• decorated pottery container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (Okinawa) - called じ〜しか〜み or じ〜しが〜み in Okinawa ➜ 厨子

noun:

• one's late mother

noun:

• having something of the old-time samurai about one - four character idiom

noun:

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

noun:

• one's in-laws (esp. a woman's in-laws)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run) - idiom

noun:

• the face one presents at home

expression / ichidan verb:

• to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down

noun:

• the orders of one's ruler

noun / ~の noun:

• not aware of what one is doing ➜ 知らず識らず

noun:

• one's second wife ➜ 後添い【のちぞい】

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to spread one's legs
• to agree to have sex (for a woman)

noun:

• one particle irreducible - Physics term

noun:

• anointed one - obscure term

noun:

• dyeing one's hair oneself (as opposed to having it done by a hairdresser) - From English "self colour"