expression / ichidan verb:

• to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to serve one's aim; to serve one's purpose

expression:

• it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

expression / godan ~く verb:

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

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

noun:

• lintel of the alcove in a tea room or a window in a shoin-style reception room
• cloud-shaped carving on the bottom of a transom
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 火鉢

expression / prefix:

• to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ... - with noun+する or noun+をverb

expression:

• it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that
• on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision ➜ 勝手に

expression / ichidan verb:

• to twist a thread
• to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability - idiom - abbreviation ➜ 腕によりをかける

expression:

• I can say now (what I couldn't before); now (that things have changed) I don't mind telling you; I couldn't tell you until now; I couldn't have told you this back then

expression / godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)

noun / prefix noun:

• fried seafood or vegetables in general; deep-frying

noun:

• fly ball - Baseball term
• fly (esp. in fishing bait)
• flying

expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom

expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom

noun:

• Socialist Masses Party (pre-war political party; established in 1932, eliminated by the government in 1940)

noun:

• countries that currently use Chinese characters in their writing, or have used in their recent past - abbreviation ➜ 漢字文化圏【かんじぶんかけん】

noun:

• dharma mandala (in Shingon); mandala were each deity is represented by its seed syllable in Sanskrit - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

noun:

• doing things at one's own pace - From English "my pace"
• doing things one's own way

noun:

• bout that goes according to a wrestler's strategy; match that goes according to one's plan - four character idiom - Sumo term

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity

noun:

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

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation ➜ ばつを合わせる

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep one's wits about one; to be on one's guard; to be wary of trickery - idiom ➜ 眉唾物【まゆつばもの】

noun:

• court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period)
• female servant for a samurai family
• lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have one's turn; to be on duty; to have one's inning