expression / ichidan verb:

• to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to)

noun:

• dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened - slang

adjectival noun:

• sentimental; on an emotional level; in one's heart ➜ 心情

expression:

• fight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another - idiom

noun:

• getting frightened even by a slight noise; hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles; being afraid of one's own shadow - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• incorrigibly; doggedly; in spite of one's negative experiences ➜ 性懲りもない【しょうこりもない】

noun:

• round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw - four character idiom

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another

noun:

• fitness training; development of physical strength; building stamina; keeping up one's fitness

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow timid; to cower; to shrink; to lose one's nerve
• to become perverse; to become contrary; to become warped; to become withdrawn
• to be cramped; to be constrained

noun:

• the full scope of the heavens; 360 degrees; one full revolution of the earth
• twelve years; one full cycle of the Chinese calendar

expression / ichidan verb:

• to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done ➜ 恩に掛ける

expression / noun:

• tempting thing; (too much of a) temptation; something that shouldn't be seen; the last thing one needs to see

noun / adjectival noun:

• idle and incompetent; accomplishing nothing significant nor being capable of doing so; lacking the talent to do anything but idle away one's time - four character idiom

noun:

• place to go; person to turn to or depend on; one's resort

expression / noun:

• life story; personal narrative; story of one's life

noun / ~する noun:

• deep gratitude; heartfelt appreciation; not forgetting to express one's gratitude

expression:

• when it's important; when it comes to the crunch; when push comes to shove; when it comes to the point; in one's hour of need; at the critical moment ➜ いざ

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; to indicate by pointing one's chin [literal] ➜ 頤で人を使う【あごでひとをつかう】
• to chatter; to jaw; to jabber - slang

noun / ~する noun:

• conjectures and surmises; speculation; giving one's imagination full play without any ground - four character idiom

godan ~く verb:

• to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be drawn to; to feel the call of ...; to have one's heart-strings pulled

adverbial noun / ~の noun:

• single-mindedly; wholeheartedly; with one's heart and soul - four character idiom

adverb:

• anyway; anyhow; as one likes
• by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes

adverbial noun:

• single-mindedly; wholeheartedly; with one's heart and soul - four character idiom