noun:

• decorative gauze strap that hangs from the front left side of the kohimo when tying closed one's hanpi - obscure term ➜ 忘れ緒

expression / ichidan verb:

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

noun / adverb:

• all on one's own ➜ 一人きり

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do one's part (duty) - obscure term

noun:

• Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants ➜ 奴【やっこ】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to throw one's chest out; to hold one's head high

expression:

• one may well say so, but ...; even more than

expression:

• what one should do (usu. in questions)

expression:

• something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success - obscure term

noun:

• one lung

noun:

• one of the 64 trigrams

expression / noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death ➜ 丑の刻参り

expression / adjective:

• to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to resign from one's post

expression / godan ~む verb:

• never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more; giving someone an inch and having them take a mile; taking Gansu only to want Sichuan [literal] - idiom

expression:

• by the way; incidentally

adverb:

• sometimes; occasionally

noun / ~する noun:

• writing by oneself; one's own handwriting

expression / ichidan verb:

• to chase one's gloom away; to free one's thoughts from melancholy - obscure term

noun:

• using one's chopsticks to find a food one likes by rummaging in one's dish, pot, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

expression:

• struggling to grab hold of one's opponent's belt with one's dominant hand - Sumo term

particle:

• by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.) ➜ からして・として・にして・為る
• indicates patient of a causative expression - as 〜をして in modern Japanese
• acts as a connective - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
• adds emphasis - after an adverb or a particle

conjunction:

• and then ➜ そして

noun:

• one's repertoire of pitches - usu. 持ち球 - Baseball term
• balls at hand (in pachinko) - usu. 持ち玉

noun:

• (looking) over the top of one's glasses
• (looking) through a pair of glasses

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a person in one's service; to employ

noun:

• one side; one of a pair