noun:

• earnest prayers being answered; realization of one's earnest wishes - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• stubbornly sticking to one's own convictions; being stubbornly independent - four character idiom

godan ~つ verb:

• to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet

noun / ~の noun:

• opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy - four character idiom

noun:

• Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to lose one's way; to be at a loss

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to pass away; to breathe one's last

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• exceeding what one had heard; beyond one's expectations

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to withdraw from someone's presence; to leave the room

noun:

• St Bernard's lily (Chlorophytum comosum); ribbon plant; spider plant

expression:

• quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hang one's hopes on; to expect from

noun:

• Thunberg's lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza thunbergii)

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to (prepare to) run away (from one's responsibilities, etc.)

noun:

• thread sealing tape; plumber's tape - From English "seal tape"

noun:

• scorzonera (Scorzonera hispanica); Spanish salsify; viper's grass

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have one's knees be about to give way - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to stick in one's throat; to choke on something

noun:

• Nishida's philosophy (foundation for the Kyoto school of philosophy)

expression:

• one's frame of mind; way one looks at things

expression:

• autumn weather is as fickle as a man's heart - proverb ➜ 女心と秋の空

godan ~す verb / expression:

• to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look ➜ 曇らす

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make one's heart flutter; to be excited