noun / ~する noun:

• involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism
• grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation

adjectival noun / noun:

• contrary to one's wishes; gone awry; gone amiss
• short of money; in financial difficulty

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to have one's own way (against all reason); to push through an unreasonable idea

noun:

• the recovery of lost territory; recovering (regaining) lost ground (one's former position); fence-mending - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)

noun:

• brother complex; unnatural attachment to one's brother (esp. by his sister) - abbreviation ➜ ブラザーコンプレックス・シスコン
• black contemporary (music) - abbreviation ➜ ブラックコンテンポラリー

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger) ➜ 白目【しろめ】
• to faint

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

noun:

• persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story ➜ 泣き落とす

noun:

• shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival

noun:

• eating only one's favourite food; having an unvarying diet; eating poorly

expression / noun:

• things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required

noun:

• memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death - Buddhism term

expression:

• one has no other choice but to do what one has to do ➜ っきゃ

adverb:

• while at a distance; indirectly; casually

noun:

• sake drunk while viewing a snowy scene

noun:

• heave! (sound made while pulling a heavy vehicle)

adverb:

• since a little while ago

noun:

• armpit; under one's arm; side; flank
• beside; close to; near; by - also written as 傍, 側
• aside; to the side; away; out of the way
• off-track; off-topic
• deuteragonist; supporting role - usu. written ワキ in Noh
• second verse (in a linked series of poems) - abbreviation ➜ 脇句

noun:

• the empress, the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager ➜ 三后
• emperor's second consort
• empress; palace of the empress
• building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground
• demesne of the imperial palace ➜ 皇居

noun:

• bathtub (esp. wooden and bucket-shaped)
• small bucket used while bathing

noun:

• Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

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

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be driven by (one's feelings); to succumb to

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to think of; to give one's thought to