noun:

• Red and White singing contest; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on

noun / ~する noun:

• kneeling down (to pray); going down on one's knees

noun:

• under the table; word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter

noun:

• lussekatt; Scandinavian saffron bun traditionally eaten on St Lucy's Day - From Swedish

noun / adjectival noun:

• hot topic; something on everyone's lips - From English "talkable"

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be under impression that; to be convinced that; to imagine that; to set one's heart on; to be bent on

noun:

• individual play; one-man effort; non-cooperation; playing on one's own; selfish play

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf

noun / ~する noun:

• walking alone; walking unaided; going alone; standing on one's own

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

adjectival noun / noun:

• high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side

noun:

• human document; personal documentary; documentary on someone's life

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own

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

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to feel really ashamed; to feel extremely embarrassed; to feel humiliated; to have egg on one's face ➜ 大恥

ichidan verb:

• to stagger; to stumble; to be unsteady on one's feet

noun / ~する noun:

• working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help - four character idiom

noun:

• impractical desktop theory (proposition); unworkable idea; an idea that isn't worth the paper it's written on - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• true love; deep love; love for someone so deep that it can reach a crow perched on that person's roof

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire

noun / ~する noun:

• carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to leave one's home (behind one); to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to be out on one's own

noun / ~する noun:

• prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees - four character idiom