expression / ichidan verb:

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

noun:

• cart-horse; work-horse
• doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention - usu. as 馬車馬のように

expression:

• in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days

noun / ~する noun:

• evacuating to the homes of one's relatives in the countryside in wartime

noun:

• strong feelings of loyalty to one's old school; the old school tie - four character idiom

noun:

• soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba

noun:

• blue-ringed octopus (esp. one species, the blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata)

noun:

• pit; hole - archaism
• kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)

ichidan verb:

• to find fault with; to rain on one's parade; to nitpick; to quibble ➜ ケチを付ける

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to - idiom

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to summon; to invite; to call; to have as one's guest

noun / ~の noun:

• being one or more laps behind (in a race)
• being behind the times

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively - from the Disney movie Dumbo ➜ 耳がダンボ【みみがダンボ】

noun:

• work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of

noun:

• time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving

noun:

• garb of love; metaphor for love kept as close to one as clothing - poetical term

expression / noun:

• waiting to see one's opponent's move; playing a waiting game ➜ 後出し・じゃんけん

noun:

• shadow; silhouette; figure; shape
• reflection; image
• ominous sign
• light (stars, moon)
• trace; shadow (of one's former self)

noun / ~する noun:

• flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

prefix noun:

• one-man

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• tyrant; dictatorial person

noun:

• conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train - abbreviation ➜ ワンマンカー

noun:

• cause; factor
• hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions) - Buddhism term ➜ 縁【えん】
• the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya) ➜ 因明

noun:

• sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
• evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

noun:

• homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman - derogatory term ➜ お多福面

noun:

• food; provisions
• nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement ［かて］

noun:

• mingling with the world by hiding one's true talent or knowledge; living a quiet life by effacing oneself - four character idiom