expression / ichidan verb:

• to be drawn to; to feel the call of ...; to have one's heart-strings pulled

expression / ichidan verb:

• (for the taste of something) to become apparent
• (for someone's character) to come out

expression:

• not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

expression / noun:

• pro among pros; best of the best; top tier; ultimate professional; player's player

expression / noun:

• hint; do's and don'ts - From English "one-point advice"

noun:

• individual play; one-man effort; non-cooperation; playing on one's own; selfish play

noun:

• taking over (e.g. store or family's headship)
• subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

expression / auxiliary verb:

• auxiliary verb indicating the speaker's personal recollection or something they've heard (e.g. "was", "wasn't it?", "is said to have ...", etc.) - archaism

noun:

• tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)

noun:

• first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth
• first speech; inaugural address

noun:

• true character; true form; true colors (colours); identity; truth (of a mystery, phenomenon, etc.); origin
• consciousness; one's senses

noun / ~の noun:

• (one's) master
• Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God) ［しゅ］
• the main thing; the majority; the primary concern ［しゅ］ ➜ 主たる・主として

noun / ~する noun:

• glued to; closely related to
• giving total coverage to the key figure(s) of a TV or film documentary

noun:

• western direction
• Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise) ［さいほう］ - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 西方浄土
• western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo) ［にしがた］ - Martial Arts term

noun:

• conduct; behaviour
• movements; gesture; one's carriage
• performance (on stage, etc.); dance; acting
• dance (in kabuki); dance play - abbreviation ➜ 所作事

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

noun:

• international marriage which is recognized in only one party's country (e.g. same-sex marriage, polygamy, underage marriage)

noun:

• children's haircut having hair in the rear that reaches the nape of the neck - archaism

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
• to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
• to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
• to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances
• to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with
• to download; to copy from a computer to another medium - IT term
• to make someone swoon (judo) - Martial Arts term
• to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
• to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to draw a bow
• to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors; to rebel - idiom

noun:

• end; conclusion

~の noun:

• last; final; latest; most recent

expression:

• no sooner than; once; right after (often having negative consequences) - after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga"

noun:

• one's final moments - archaism ➜ 最期

noun / ~する noun:

• passing on to the next life - Buddhism term
• death
• giving up a struggle; submission
• being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
• coercion

noun:

• appearance; look; countenance
• a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune ➜ 女難の相
• aspect - Linguistics term
• phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous) - Physics term

noun:

• menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards