noun:

• iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards ➜ 居合い
• iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• self-publishing; publishing at one's own expense

noun / ~する noun:

• solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care
• to kill with one's own hands
• to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job)
• to request that someone deal with (something)

expression:

• A cornered rat will bite the cat; One who is cornered will fight like a devil - four character idiom

noun:

• second arrow; second string to one's bow

expression:

• cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end

noun:

• SuperBall scooping; festival game in which one scoops up rubber bouncy balls floating in water ➜ 金魚掬い

noun:

• finger; one's finger

adverb:

• sound of cracking branches; sound made when cracking one's knuckles - onomatopoeia

pre-noun adjectival:

• my; one's own - が indicates possession

expression:

• I ...; one ... - が indicates subject

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give a glance (at); to take one look at

expression:

• dignified without being overbearing; being dignified, and moreover warm, as such one is gentle ➜ 威有って猛からず【いあってたけからず】

noun:

• a bag; one bag

expression:

• not a single person (with negative verb); no one

noun:

• good old wife; one's wife of many years

noun:

• trial of strength; test of one's strength (stamina) - four character idiom

noun:

• nephew (like a son); another child considered as one's own

expression:

• haughty; holding one's head high ➜ 頭の高い

noun / ~する noun:

• swimming alone; leaving others in one's wake

expression:

• the worst goes foremost; those one eagerly await will not arrive first - proverb

expression:

• playing while the cat is away; taking a break while the boss is out; doing what one wants when one is (finally) alone; relaxing while the demon is out [literal] - idiom ➜ 洗濯

noun:

• contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be relieved of a worry; to get a load off one's chest

expression / adverb:

• all you want; as much as one wants