ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)

noun:

• activist (in a political movement); crusader (e.g. for women's rights)

expression:

• I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
• thank you very much (for help, etc.)

noun:

• the easy way; attaining rebirth in the Pure Land through the vows of Amitabha (as opposed to one's own efforts) - Buddhism term ➜ 難行道

godan ~む verb / expression:

• to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind

noun:

• spirit of true craftsman; (craftsman's) pride in his work - four character idiom

expression:

• I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable

noun / ~する noun:

• obeying meekly; faithfully following (one's master)

expression / noun:

• fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does); a fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit) [literal] - idiom ➜ 漁夫の利

noun:

• facets (aspects) of (human) life; the pattern of (one's) life - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• riding in the same carriage (car) (with a superior); attending on (one's superior) in the same carriage

expression:

• please take care of yourself; please be careful not to... (concerning one's health or well-being)

noun:

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

noun:

• Obamacare; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (U.S. statute, 2010)

noun:

• namahage; folklore demons of the Oga Peninsula (villagers dress up as them on New Year's Eve and frighten children)

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)

noun:

• agency; (attorney's) authority of representation

noun:

• barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own resourcefulness) (when embarking on something) - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)

noun:

• treating someone (to food or drink); entertaining someone (as one's guest) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• avoidance of responsibility; shirking (one's) responsibility - four character idiom

noun:

• secretary-general; general secretary (esp. of Communist parties of the Democratic Republic of North Korea and the People's Republic of China) ➜ 主席

adjective:

• does not pay; not worth (one's) while

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• goggling; rolling (one's eyes) - onomatopoeia