noun / ~する noun:

• realization of a great ambition; attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's earnest prayer being answered - four character idiom

noun:

• tampala; Joseph's coat; Amaranthus tricolor

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)

expression:

• making something strong even stronger; solidifying something's chances; giving a metal rod to an ogre [literal] - idiom

godan ~る verb:

• to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says ➜ 言うことを聞かない

noun / ~する noun:

• life plan; plan for one's life; planning one's life

expression / ichidan verb:

• to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide

noun:

• uxoriousness; being easy on one's wife; man who is easy on his wife - humorous term ➜ サイコロジー

noun:

• free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to understand each other well; to call forth a response in another's heart; to relate to

noun:

• skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be wide-eyed (in surprise); to open one's eyes wide (in wonder); to be amazed (at, by)

noun:

• (something that is) available for use at any time; (someone who is) at one's beck and call; (something over which) one has complete mastery - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle

expression:

• to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and save a large one [literal] - proverb

expression:

• what date?; what's the date?; when?

noun:

• (on) the way; (on) one's way; (en) route - usu. adverbially as 行きしなに ➜ 行きがけ

expression / ichidan verb:

• to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally

expression / ichidan verb:

• to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to feel relieved; to forget about one's troubles; to settle into peace of mind - idiom

expression:

• talk is cheap; it's easier to say than to do; building Osaka Castle by talking [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Japanese plum-yew (Cephalotaxus harringtonia); Harrington's cephalotaxus; cowtail pine