noun:

• foods abstained from in hopes of having one's desire granted

~の noun / noun:

• reserve; spare
• treasured; valued
• (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

noun / ~する noun:

• general review (e.g. of one's lessons); dress rehearsal

noun:

• complete mastery of or over; at one's beck and call

noun:

• diversionary tactics; concealing one's true motives until the last moment - four character idiom ➜ 敵は本能寺にあり

noun:

• politician (esp. one who works only for their own personal gain) - derogatory term

noun:

• complete mastery of or over; at one's beck and call

noun:

• cramped home; one's humble abode; hovel; pigsty; cottage; squalid hut

noun:

• clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine) ➜ 拍手【はくしゅ】

expression / adjective:

• remaining firm; sticking by one's principles; not budging an inch

noun:

• rotating warning light similar to the one on a patrol car - abbreviation - From English "patrol light" ➜ パトカー

noun / ~する noun:

• solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause - four character idiom

noun:

• duty of confidentiality (concerning private matters learned through one's business) - four character idiom

noun:

• saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension ➜ 固唾をのむ【かたずをのむ】

expression:

• (with) only the clothes one happens to wear

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses - Sumo term

noun / ~の noun:

• desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• self-reliance; acting according to one's own ideas and beliefs - four character idiom

noun:

• acting according to one's own beliefs, being undisturbed by others - four character idiom

noun:

• breaking into cold sweat when one is very embarrassed or scared - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• changing one's dress (e.g. at the wedding reception)

expression:

• Freedom from one's desires (Entry into Nirvana) is true bliss - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• moral (spiritual) improvement; practice mental training; cultivate one's mind (soul) - four character idiom

noun:

• state of fine weather where one is subject to direct sunlight

noun:

• Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home - obscure term