noun:

• taking over (e.g. store or family's headship)
• subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

noun:

• first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth
• first speech; inaugural address

noun:

• true character; true form; true colors (colours); identity; truth (of a mystery, phenomenon, etc.); origin
• consciousness; one's senses

noun / ~の noun:

• (one's) master
• Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God) ［しゅ］
• the main thing; the majority; the primary concern ［しゅ］ ➜ 主たる・主として

noun:

• conduct; behaviour
• movements; gesture; one's carriage
• performance (on stage, etc.); dance; acting
• dance (in kabuki); dance play - abbreviation ➜ 所作事

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

noun:

• international marriage which is recognized in only one party's country (e.g. same-sex marriage, polygamy, underage marriage)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
• to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
• to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
• to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances
• to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with
• to download; to copy from a computer to another medium - IT term
• to make someone swoon (judo) - Martial Arts term
• to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
• to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

noun:

• respectful term for another's spirit
• God's heart or spirit (in Christianity); Lord's will

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to draw a bow
• to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors; to rebel - idiom

noun:

• end; conclusion

~の noun:

• last; final; latest; most recent

expression:

• no sooner than; once; right after (often having negative consequences) - after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga"

noun:

• one's final moments - archaism ➜ 最期

noun / ~する noun:

• passing on to the next life - Buddhism term
• death
• giving up a struggle; submission
• being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
• coercion

noun:

• appearance; look; countenance
• a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune ➜ 女難の相
• aspect - Linguistics term
• phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous) - Physics term

expression:

• we have piped unto you and ye have not danced; people ignoring one's invitation or effort to do something together - from Matthew 11:17 - idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• past days; bygone days; days of yore; the olden days

~の noun / noun:

• while still alive; during one's lifetime

noun / ~する noun:

• racing (an engine); idling (an engine) ➜ 空回り
• going in circles (esp. argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels

noun:

• resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be stunned; to be surprised; one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character) [literal]

noun / ~の noun:

• having a child (usu. from a former relationship); accompanied by one's child

godan ~す verb:

• to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out

expression:

• being lavish with one's money; spending a huge sum of money at once on a treat - four character idiom

noun:

• getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings ➜ 胸がいっぱいになる

~の noun:

• chest full of; lungs full of

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to easily defeat; to eat (one's opponent) alive - colloquialism ➜ 鴨
• to bilk; to swindle; to dupe - colloquialism

noun:

• heart and soul; one's soul (heart)