noun:

• (with) one's face beaming with joy; smiling from ear to ear - four character idiom

noun:

• (excelling in) one area or skill; (being skilled or gifted in) one certain area - four character idiom

noun:

• ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul) - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• contrary to one's expectations

noun:

• style of Shinto architecture in which the main hall and worship hall share one roof, and are connected via an intermediate passageway

noun:

• change of one's surname

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to hold one's breath

adverb:

• moment by moment; hour by hour

noun:

• one's dark days; the period during which one suffered misfortune and obscurity - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to lose one's means of livelihood; to become unable to earn a living

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to lean to one side; to oppose; to look aside; to regret

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose

noun:

• one's history as a performer

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to let down one's hair; to undo hair

noun:

• (wearing only) one pair of underpants

expression:

• financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto) ➜ 大阪の食い倒れ・着倒れ

expression / ichidan verb:

• to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

adverb:

• by all means; no matter what; at any rate - colloquialism ➜ 如何しても

noun:

• one part

noun:

• traffic accident caused by a driver thanking another driver for letting him go first at a junction

noun:

• critical year in one's life; inauspicious year ➜ 厄年

noun:

• mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women
• women-only location

noun:

• mausoleum containing the remains of one's ancestors

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to withdraw one's savings

noun:

• commentary on the Book of Odes by Zheng Xuan