expression / godan ~く verb:

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

expression / ichidan verb / transitive:

• to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple

noun / ~の noun:

• putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation ➜ 命をかける

noun:

• characteristic quality; special character; one's real ability; one's specialty
• one's function; one's duty
• fief; inherited estate

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to shine ➜ 射す
• to be visible
• to be tinged with
• to rise (of water levels); to flow in
• to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one ➜ 気が差す・魔が差す

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hold up (an umbrella, etc.); to put up; to raise
• to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance) ➜ 指す
• to insert; to put in ➜ 挿す
• to wear (a sword) in one's belt; to wear at one's side; to carry under one's arm ➜ 挿す
• to insert one's arm under an opponent's arm - Sumo term
• to pole (a boat) ➜ 刺す
• to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks) ➜ 注す
• to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye
• to light (a fire); to burn
• to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten ➜ 鎖す【さす】

suffix / godan ~す verb:

• to stop in the midst of; to leave undone - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 止す【さす】

noun:

• palm (of one's hand)
• skill
• scope of one's power
• one's intentions; one's plan
• one's hand (mahjong, card games, etc.)

noun:

• village; hamlet
• countryside; country
• home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown ［里］
• one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past ［里］ ➜ 御里

expression:

• no matter how hard one might try; no matter what one does; even if one stood on one's head [literal] ➜ 逆立ち

noun:

• pigtails; two plaits hanging about one's shoulders; two plaits hanging down one's back; queue

noun:

• one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple

noun:

• one's wife, children, and other relations; one's whole family - four character idiom

noun:

• quitting one's job and moving back to one's hometown - archaism ➜ 帰りなんいざ

noun / ~する noun:

• making one's debut; making one's first appearance - esp. 顔見せ
• (just) showing one's face; showing up - esp. 顔見せ ➜ 顔を見せる
• introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors) - esp. 顔見世
• December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform - esp. 顔見世 ➜ 顔見世狂言

noun / ~する noun:

• closing one's eyes and joining one's hands together in prayer - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to

noun:

• new members of society (esp. after turning 20 or joining a company); new working adults

noun:

• one's own flesh and blood; blood relative; kinsman
• flesh and bone; (one's) body

noun:

• rebels against one's lord and one's parents; rebellious (treacherous) subject; traitor - four character idiom

noun:

• cloth; fabric; material; texture
• dough; batter
• inherent quality; one's true character; one's true colours
• unglazed pottery
• skin with no make-up

noun / ~の noun:

• turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked

noun:

• preparations; arrangements

noun / ~する noun:

• toppling sideways; turning sideways; falling over sideways
• barrel roll

expression / ~する noun:

• to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own; to find one's feet (legs); to hit (strike) one's stride

noun:

• one's family and followers; one's whole clan - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• washing one's hands and rinsing one's mouth