noun:

• once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute)
• to flatter; to butter up

expression / adjective:

• it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed ➜ 仕方のない

expression / adjective:

• it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed ➜ 仕方がない

noun:

• life; lifetime; career

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

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

noun:

• hair on one's head
• head; top of one's head
• kanji "hair" radical at top ［かみがしら］

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something

expression / ichidan verb:

• to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation; to seek for a way out of a desperate situation

adverb:

• bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); roaring; whooping - onomatopoeia
• in a rush; in a surge; flooding in; pouring in - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; all of a sudden - onomatopoeia

noun:

• frame (i.e. of a sliding door)
• crosspiece; bar
• sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut) ➜ 猿
• rung (of a ladder)

noun:

• leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock) ➜ っぱなし

expression / ichidan verb:

• to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

expression / ichidan verb:

• to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to alert; to get one's attention; to draw one's attention

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to part (usu. of people); to part from; to part with; to be apart from
• to separate (of a couple); to break up; to divorce
• to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

noun:

• stream (in a Japanese garden); narrow stream flowing through a traditional garden (esp. in a Heian period villa) ➜ 寝殿造り
• watering (potted plants, bonsai, etc.)

expression:

• a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved - proverb
• I've got something to ask you

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself - idiom

expression:

• a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (pouring) water on a hot stone [literal] - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to draw breath; to take a rest after work; to have a breather; to take a break

noun:

• winning without fighting; method used to win without fighting - four character idiom
• one's own way of doing things (i.e. as different from that of one's instructor)
• Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu) - colloquialism ➜ 新当流

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to advance; to move forward; to put (a clock, watch) forward
• to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to make progress in; to further; to advance; to hasten; to speed up
• to raise; to elevate; to promote; to develop; to stimulate (e.g. one's appetite)

expression / adjective:

• weak-headed; can't drink much; can't hold one's liquor; can't take one's drink; easily gets drunk