noun:

• (lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

noun:

• depending on the (one's) situation (circumstances); at one's pleasure - four character idiom

noun:

• fur (on one's tongue)

noun / ~する noun:

• looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves); remaining a passive onlooker - four character idiom

ichidan verb:

• to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to concentrate one's effort (on something)

noun:

• carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; taking responsibility for
• bucket carried on either end of a pole - abbreviation ➜ 担い桶

noun:

• imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years) ➜ 式年

noun / ~する noun:

• eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)

noun:

• rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day) - Food term

noun:

• New Year's banquet (held annually by the emperor on Jan. 5, prior to WWII)
• New Year's party ➜ 新年会

noun:

• chocolate given to a friend (on Valentine's day)

noun:

• according to (depending on) one's ability; if one is good (competent, talented) enough - four character idiom

noun:

• ushnisha (protrusion on the top of a buddha's head) - Buddhism term

noun:

• tears on the sleeves (of one's kimono); "weeping copiously" [figurative] - lit., e.g. in 源氏物語

noun:

• opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.) - obscure term

noun / ~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• tinkling sound (esp. bell on the Emperor's carriage); bright sound of metal being struck - archaism

noun:

• cry of the phoenix - archaism

noun:

• the three worms (in Taoism, worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings) ➜ 庚申待

noun:

• driving out evil spirits (on New Year's eve) ➜ 追儺

noun:

• Newton's rings (interference pattern seen when a convex lens is placed on another surface)

noun:

• corn (on one's foot) ➜ 魚の目

expression / ichidan verb:

• to turn one's back (on the enemy)

noun:

• taking turns on duty (esp. daimyo's retainers on duty in Edo)

noun:

• Japanese bondage torture (hands and feet are behind the victim's back, and they are hanged from the ceiling with a rock on their back)

expression / noun:

• vacant expression (on one's face); blank expression