noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians) - four character idiom

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• one's leisure hours

noun / ~する noun:

• performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written - four character idiom
• doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution)
• put-up job; charade
• sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

expression:

• it's hard to cut one's ties to close relatives even if they are wicked; you don't cut your finger off just because it's dirty [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• formal complaint made by a victim

noun / ~する noun:

• (a bar hostess) coming to work accompanied by a customer - four character idiom

noun:

• female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow ➜ 巫女【みこ】・口寄せ

noun:

• railcar powered by a diesel or gasoline engine; rail motor

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to raise the reputation of one's family; to found a house

noun:

• speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener - honorific language

noun:

• governing by law and reason rather than by military force

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to shut one's eyes
• to ignore; to pretend not to know
• to die

noun / ~する noun:

• carrying off by deception; kidnap

expression / ~する noun:

• to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own; to find one's feet (legs); to hit (strike) one's stride

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to enjoy oneself to one's hearts content; to enjoy oneself to the full

noun:

• measuring by eye

noun:

• one-sided grudge

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

noun:

• job seeker magazine for manual labourers published by Recruit Inc. (1991-2009) - from 合点
• physical work
• physical workers; blue-collar workers

noun / ~の noun:

• one house; one roof ➜ 八紘一宇

noun:

• way of sitting by placing both knees on the ground and standing upright

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to shut oneself up in one's study

noun:

• one-way traffic

noun:

• getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized

noun:

• shop where one can buy and sell gift certificates, coupons, travel and concert tickets, etc.