expression / godan ~く verb:

• to sit cross-legged
• to rest on one's laurels

noun:

• peach and plum
• person of one's recommendation ➜ 桃李もの言わざれども下自ら蹊を成す

noun:

• slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope)
• one thread - orig. meaning

noun:

• single horseman
• wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed - Mahjong term ➜ 単騎待ち【たんきまち】

expression / noun:

• cooked rice
• something one never grows tired of

noun:

• feigning ignorance - slang
• evading one's responsibilities

noun:

• biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance
• tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence

noun:

• young lord - honorific language
• successor of one's current lord - honorific language ➜ 大殿【おおとの】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to let things end up as they will; to let nature take its course
• to make do with what one has

noun:

• lightning rod; lightning conductor; lightning arrester
• charm that protects one from lightning

noun:

• someone else's daughter ［女君］
• one's wife - honorific language

noun:

• low-ranking samurai - abbreviation - derogatory term ➜ 三一侍
• rolling three and one (in a dice game) - orig. meaning ➜ ピン

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get (e.g. the gist of something); to understand
• to turn out as one thought ➜ 我が意を得たり

noun:

• ram (sheep) - obscure term
• used to liken one to someone who lives their life by instinct

expression / ichidan verb:

• to correct; to touch up; to smarten up
• to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

noun:

• child from an earlier wife ➜ 後腹【あとばら】
• preceding one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku) ［さきばら］ ➜ 追い腹

noun:

• horse's legs
• one's true character ➜ 馬脚を露わす

noun:

• deserted house; ruined house

noun / ~する noun:

• abolishing one's own family line in order to join another (under pre-1947 Japanese law); extinct family

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to run at full speed; to run and run
• to try one's hardest

noun:

• crossed fingers and word said to call someone to be avoided as 'dirty' - children's language

~する noun:

• to cross one's fingers (to ward off 'dirt')

expression:

• in front of your nose; right next to you
• tip of one's nose

noun:

• suspension system (of a vehicle); undercarriage
• area around one's feet; footwear

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to fit well (e.g. clothes)
• to be good for one's health

noun:

• teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids
• basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands ➜ 盥

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to work hard; to sweat
• to wash off one's sweat