noun:

• gerenuk (Litocranius walleri); Waller's gazelle - From Somali

noun:

• chest and stomach; one's innermost being

noun:

• long stay; overstaying one's welcome

expression:

• you better watch your step!; sleep with one eye open!

noun:

• home territory of a powerful figure; Imperial Court; businessman's turf; Shogun's headquarters ➜ 膝元【ひざもと】

noun / ~する noun:

• writing by oneself; one's own handwriting

noun:

• winter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cheer; to raise somebody's spirits

noun / adverb:

• whole face; all over one's face

noun:

• Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown

noun / ~する noun:

• adherence (to one's beliefs) (positive nuance); persistence; sticking to one's guns; standing one's ground

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see - four character idiom

noun:

• sit-ups; exercise to strengthen one's abdominal muscles

noun:

• compilation for the emperor; emperor's literary production ➜ 私撰

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to harm oneself in an attempt to harm someone else; to spit at the heavens and have one's spit land back on one's face [literal] - proverb ➜ 天に唾する

expression / godan ~ぬ verb:

• to die a natural death; to die in one's own bed - sensitive

noun:

• Kimberley rock monitor (Varanus glauerti, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to northern Australia); Glauert's monitor

expression / ichidan verb:

• to change the schedule; to change one's plans

noun:

• speaking with a trill; rolling one's r's

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something)
• to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to settle in
• to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory - idiom ➜ 故郷に錦を飾る

noun:

• right-hand opponent; player to one's right - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• longevity; prolonging one's life

noun / ~する noun:

• visit for no reason; go on fool's errand

noun / ~する noun:

• looking aside while driving; taking one's eyes off the road ahead while driving - four character idiom