godan ~く verb:

• to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

expression:

• each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of

expression / ichidan verb:

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

expression:

• surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it

noun / ~の noun:

• one's person; around one's person

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to lay upside down
• to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes)

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to conceal; to hide; to keep secret; to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness) - usu. 臥せる ➜ 臥せる【ふせる】

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• with evident joy of having lived up to one's reputation; having an effect of bolstering one's reputation - four character idiom

noun:

• one jō and six shaku (4.85m)
• statue of Buddha measuring one jō and six shaku
• sitting cross-legged

expression:

• (e.g. to walk, stand, etc., until) one's legs turn to lead; (doing something) until one's legs tire and stiffen

noun:

• bread roll filled with anko
• paint thinner placed inside a bag used as a drug

noun:

• toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox

noun:

• sign used to designate a hot springs (e.g. on a map)
• traditional style love hotel ➜ 連込み宿・逆さ海月【さかさくらげ】

noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering) - poetic name - archaism ➜ 玉串

noun:

• folk song from the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture (used as a Bon Festival dance song)

noun:

• beginning character or characters that uniquely identify a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu (esp. used in competitive karuta) ➜ 百人一首【ひゃくにんいっしゅ】

noun:

• confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika) - obscure term

noun:

• cervicobrachial syndrome; indicates pain, swelling, weakness and/or numbness in the neck/shoulder region, used when specific diagnosis is not known

noun:

• light used as a religious offering ➜ 御灯・神灯
• paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)

noun:

• pill made from various animal ingredients (incl. musk, toad venom, cow bezoars, etc.) used as a cardiac stimulant in Chinese medicine

noun:

• one who is obsessed with (getting into, holding on to) political power; one who is obsessed with the idea of taking over government - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb / transitive:

• to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put away one's bedding
• to recover from an illness (and put away one's sickbed)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins ➜ 気を引き締める【きをひきしめる】