expression:

• without noticing; before one realizes; before one is aware of

noun:

• buying for immediate requirements; buying just enough to fulfil one's needs; spot purchasing - Business term

expression / adverb:

• (at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed ➜ 脱兎【だっと】

expression / adverb:

• at some time, without being noticed; before one knew; before one realised

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of
• to decide to - usually written using kana alone ➜ 事にする

expression / adverb / ~の noun:

• beyond oneself; beyond one's ability; exceeding one's power

noun:

• impudent talk; speaking without thinking; continuing talking even after one has lost an argument; (getting in) the last word; talking back; needless retort

expression / ichidan verb:

• to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind

noun:

• family registry (of the district); original of one's family register; archive of family registers

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart ➜ 打明ける

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get carried away; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far

expression:

• sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; let a large bug live and kill a small one [literal] - proverb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to leave nothing undone; to do all in one's might; to do everything possible

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to speak sharply; to sharpen one's tone; to raise one's voice

noun:

• decline; one's declining fortunes; decay

expression / adverb:

• for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account ➜ 為に

noun:

• self-inflicted accident; traffic accident where injury is caused by one's own negligence; one-car accident

noun / ~する noun:

• payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold
• inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

noun:

• crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

expression:

• deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

noun:

• pedantry; display of one's learning; being of a pedantic disposition - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• going crazy; losing one's temper; snapping - slang - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• sound of a stretched string snapping - onomatopoeia ➜ ぷつん

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere
• to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on

noun:

• (monetary) present to a person in distress; gift of money in token of one's sympathy; solatium

noun:

• steadfastness; firmness in one's conviction; having a heart that does not change as easily as a stone rolls about - four character idiom