noun:

• winding a replacement thread, wire, etc.
• changing from an overarm to an underarm grip on one's opponent's belt - Sumo term

expression:

• first verse of a nursery rhyme sung by children on cold days (similar to "It's Raining, It's Pouring")

noun:

• someone (e.g. a woman) who is out of one's league; something beyond one's means

noun / ~する noun:

• being brought to a standstill; being stranded; getting stuck; stalling; deadlock
• being stumped; being in a dilemma; stopping in one's tracks; standing speechless
• dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet

noun:

• blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo) - Martial Arts term

expression:

• doing one's own flower arranging
• marrying or making a mistress of a geisha

noun:

• underboob; bottom of a woman's breasts (visible when wearing a short top) - slang ➜ オッパイ

noun:

• magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave

noun:

• anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed) ➜ 命日【めいにち】
• 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed ➜ 七七日

noun:

• one's own thing; thing held in one's hand(s)
• one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point - idiom ➜ お手の物

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in
• to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to smash
• to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades) ➜ 撃ち込む
• to input (data); to enter
• to devote oneself to; to go heart and soul into; to throw oneself into; to go head over heels for
• to practice hitting (baseball, tennis, etc.) - Sports term
• to hit (an opponent in kendo, boxing, etc.); to get a blow in - Martial Arts term
• to invade one's opponent's territory (in the game of go); to place a stone in an opponent's formation
• to pour (concrete, etc.) into a form

~の noun / noun:

• totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air; mystified; bewildered - four character idiom

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a whack; with a thump - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; gaping; flabbergasted - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• vacantly; blankly; absentmindedly - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• gaping (of a hole, etc.); suddenly opening - onomatopoeia

expression:

• like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)

noun:

• taking food directly from a communal dish with one's own chopsticks (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 取り箸

noun:

• adding a product line or department to improve a store's performance - From English "line robbing"

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck

noun:

• knowledge and action
• ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege ➜ 知行【ちぎょう】

noun / ~する noun:

• appearing with one's (full) name; showing one's name (on a nameplate, etc.)

noun:

• year of a person's birth ［せいねん］

noun / prefix noun:

• number of years since one's birth; age - e.g. 生年35歳

noun:

• resting one's chopsticks across the top of one's bowl (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• being at one's wit's end; being (quite) at a loss (what to do) - four character idiom

noun:

• living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work - four character idiom

noun:

• daimyo's spare residence or emergency refuge
• residence of a daimyo's successor

expression:

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