noun:

• one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters

noun:

• holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)

expression:

• one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...

noun:

• being once divorced; one-time divorcee; one x mark, i.e. one name struck from the koseki [literal] - humorous term ➜ 戸籍

expression / noun:

• before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose
• immediate; imminent; around the corner

noun / ~する noun:

• taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.

noun:

• declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed - Mahjong term - From Chinese "lizhi"
• being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)

noun:

• the best one can do; one's best effort

adverbial noun:

• with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

noun / ~する noun:

• prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to feel a chill run down one's spine - idiom

noun:

• pushing down (one's opponent) by leaning on (him)

noun:

• one's fame or achievements being passed down eternally - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to correct; to touch up; to smarten up
• to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

adjectival noun / noun:

• having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases

noun / ~する noun:

• turning a suspect over to the public prosecutor's office; committing a suspect to trial - four character idiom

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; desperately; frantically; for dear life; all-out effort; sticking at living in and defending one place - four character idiom ➜ 一生懸命
• sticking at living in one place

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to toss (i.e. one's head); to wave (i.e. a flag); to stand up energetically; to raise one's voice

noun:

• junction line between two sea currents; line where two ocean currents meet
• course of things; turning point

noun:

• fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands, musicians, etc. ➜ Ｖ系【ブイけい】
• handsome man (esp. one who knows this)

noun / ~の noun:

• firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun ➜ 単発銃【たんぱつじゅう】
• having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; single-engined airplane ➜ 単発機【たんぱつき】
• one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial; one-off; single occasion

noun / ~する noun:

• being so embarrassed as to keep one's face down

noun:

• having only tiles of one suit and not having called any tiles (yaku); having only tiles of one suit and a concealed hand - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ メンゼン・清一色

noun:

• border; boundary - usu. さかい
• turning point; watershed ［さかい］ - often ...を境に
• area; region; spot; space; environment - usu. きょう
• psychological state; mental state - usu. きょう
• cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind ［きょう］ - Buddhism term

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to capsize
• to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over; to lie on one's back