noun / ~する noun:

• washing one's hands and rinsing one's mouth

noun:

• one's actual age ➜ 実年齢
• one's fifties and sixties - now officially referred to as 中高年 ➜ 中高年

expression / adjective:

• out of one's reach; beyond one's grasp - idiom

noun:

• rolling one's kimono up to one's waist - archaism

expression / noun:

• one's best interests; one's own good

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter
• to be sooty; to be smoke-stained ［くすぶる・ふすぶる］
• to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder ［くすぶる］
• to seclude oneself ［くすぶる・ふすぶる］
• to live in obscurity; to stay in the same level (of social position, circumstances, etc.) ［くすぶる］

noun:

• official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat) ➜ 京間
• basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music) - Music term
• room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power; gathering strength

noun:

• field of vision; view
• one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

noun:

• focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint

noun:

• making one's attitude (position, stand) clear; unfurling and clearly showing one's banner [literal] - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• one reading (of a poem aloud) leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• amicable resignation (retirement); resigning (retiring) from one's job of one's free will - four character idiom

expression:

• no one at all; no one, who he or she may be

noun:

• facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue

noun:

• handbra; pose using only one's hands to cover one's breasts

noun / adjectival noun:

• inconsistency between one's words and actions; insincerity; saying one thing and doing another

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to do up one's shoelaces; to tie one's shoes; to lace up one's shoes

noun:

• former residence status in Japan for foreign students in Japanese language schools and vocational schools (abolished in 2010)

noun:

• makizushi comprising mackerel fillet marinated in salt and vinegar, wrapped in rice and covered in shredded kombu - Food term

adverb / ~と adverb:

• by ones and twos - onomatopoeia
• tears or flower petals falling quietly - onomatopoeia ➜ はらはら・ぼろぼろ
• gurgling bird sound - onomatopoeia
• falling apart; crumbling; melting (in one's mouth) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc. - Food term

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter) [literal] - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• inner thoughts; real intention; inmost heart; one's mind

adverbial noun:

• at heart; deep down; on the inside

noun:

• inner center (centre) - Mathematics term ➜ 外心【がいしん】

noun / adjectival noun:

• self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others

noun:

• Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
• small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi") ➜ 子の日の松