expression / godan ~す verb:

• to prove one's innocence; to clear oneself of a false accusation

noun:

• employer from whom one has received a unofficial offer of employment; prospective employer

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)

noun:

• masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality

noun:

• bare midriff (clothing style that exposes one's midriff)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• drumming (noise); beating; pounding; banging; booming; stamping - onomatopoeia
• rapidly; quickly; steadily - onomatopoeia
• continuously; one after the other; in succession - onomatopoeia

suffix noun / noun:

• rival; opponent; adversary; competitor; enemy (esp. one with which there is longstanding enmity); foe - usu. pronounced がたき when used as a suffix ➜ 仇【あだ】・敵【てき】

noun:

• revenge
• spouse - archaism

noun:

• reserve; spare; backup
• note; memorandum

noun / suffix noun:

• duplicate; copy; stub (of a ticket, etc.)

noun:

• waiting one's turn

noun / ~の noun:

• secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; secret
• one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
• inner realization; personal enlightenment ［ないしょう］ - Buddhism term
• kitchen ［内所］

expression / adjective:

• it is not (like that); used to explicitly deny one thing while also implicitly denying other things

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

noun:

• quarter
• someone with one non-Japanese grandparent ➜ ハーフ
• quota - esp. クォータ and クオータ

expression:

• one's father is more horrifying than any natural disaster; earthquakes, thunder, fires, the old man [literal] - proverb

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term

noun:

• starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); calling off ➜ ご破算
• clearing an abacus - orig. meaning ➜ ご破算

noun:

• having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery
• habitual movement of one's hands
• marks from being handled often

noun:

• the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha) - Buddhism term ➜ 易行道

noun:

• deceptive advertising; misleading advertisement (presenting one's product as being better or cheaper than it really is)

noun / ~する noun:

• biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• killing oneself by jumping (e.g. from a tall building); plunging to one's death

noun / ~する noun:

• buying more than one of the same item in different colors (colours) - slang ➜ イロチ

expression:

• what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term ➜ 中陰・四有

noun:

• lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) (esp. one living in the mountains) ［山杜鵑］ ➜ 時鳥
• Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)

expression / adjective:

• (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place ➜ 身の置き所がない