pronoun:

• wise elder brother; polite reference to another's older brother, or to one's senior

expression / ichidan verb:

• to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)

noun / ~する noun:

• radical change in mentality; radically changing one's way of thinking; radical change in consciousness - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to dream of making a fortune at one stroke; to dream of getting rich quickly

noun:

• chamber; room
• home of a monk; monk ➜ 坊・坊
• Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to muster one's courage; to resolve oneself; to ready oneself for what is to come - obscure term ➜ 覚悟を決める

expression:

• one of the 72 climates (from the 16th to the 20th of the first lunar month) ➜ 七十二候

noun:

• wisdom; enlightenment
• prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom - Buddhism term ➜ 三学

noun:

• one's opinion on life and death; life-and-death issue (e.g. in religion)

expression / ~の noun:

• as much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's abilities ➜ 出来る限り【できるかぎり】

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to step out of the ring; to put one's foot outside the ring - Sumo term

adverb / ~する noun:

• flaring up; burning hotly; suddenly becoming bright - onomatopoeia
• flying into a rage; losing one's cool - onomatopoeia
• opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth) - onomatopoeia
• acting resolutely - onomatopoeia - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; blinker; eye bandage
• concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside

noun:

• lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)
• brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger - esp. しっぺ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• (getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

noun:

• young people subsisting on part-time work; one whose livelihood is provided by part-time work - from freelance and arbeiter - abbreviation

noun:

• being at one's wit's end; being (quite) at a loss (what to do) - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful - idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to tread (a nail) into the sole of one's foot; to tread through (the floor)

adverb:

• just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to count on one's fingers
• to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to

noun:

• death with dignity; natural death (as opposed to extending one's life unnaturally with life support)