expression / adjective:

• too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous

noun:

• the sun, the moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to carry in one's pocket; to own
• to take; to carry about

noun:

• cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf
• beef - usu. ぎゅう ➜ 牛肉
• Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［ぎゅう］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

adjectival noun:

• comprador-like; being an underling to a foreign company to the detriment of one's own country

noun:

• gas pedal; pressing one's foot on the genitals of a supine person while pulling on their feet

noun:

• deserted house; ruined house

noun / ~する noun:

• abolishing one's own family line in order to join another (under pre-1947 Japanese law); extinct family

godan ~ぬ verb / ~ぬ verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to die; to pass away - sensitive
• to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead
• to cease; to stop

noun:

• Shangdi; supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion
• God (in Christianity)
• Shakra; Indra; king of heaven in Hindu mythology - Buddhism term ➜ 帝釈天【たいしゃくてん】

noun / ~の noun:

• bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart - four character idiom

noun:

• sky; the heavens ➜ 下土
• God; the Lord; the Creator; the Supreme Being
• ascension (into heaven)

noun:

• the emperor's person
• the body of Christ; the Host; the Eucharist; Holy Communion

noun / ~する noun:

• the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor - four character idiom

noun:

• Islamic holy books (the Pentateuch, the Book of Psalms, the Gospels and the Koran)

noun:

• firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc. ➜ 矢面に立つ
• direction of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy) - orig. meaning

noun:

• sitting position similar to seiza (but with both legs splayed out slightly and one's backside resting directly on the ground) ➜ 正座【せいざ】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart

noun / suffix noun:

• room
• wife (of someone of high rank) - obscure term
• scabbard - obscure term
• Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get (e.g. the gist of something); to understand
• to turn out as one thought ➜ 我が意を得たり

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite - idiom ➜ 猫をかぶる【ねこをかぶる】

noun:

• (Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services); tea stall ➜ 色茶屋・料理茶屋

noun:

• continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; remaining on one's guard; being prepared for a counterstroke
• follow-through (e.g. in archery)
• lingering affection; attachment; regret; regrets; reluctance - orig. meaning

expression / noun:

• the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom ➜ 前門の虎後門の狼【ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ】

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom