noun:

• personal appearance and physique; person's appearance and physique giving a feeling of respectable character - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• turning a suspect over to the public prosecutor's office; committing a suspect to trial - four character idiom

expression:

• leaving everything to Buddha's providence; depending on others; leaving things to others

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:

• it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)

noun:

• bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus, esp. Lotus corniculatus var. japonicus); birdsfoot trefoil

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to do as one wishes; to get one's way - archaism
• to be proud; to boast - archaism

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

noun / ~する noun:

• extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; destruction; suppression
• making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings - Buddhism term
• curing illness

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:

• receiving in advance; taking before others
• prefetch - IT term
• anticipatory completion; finishing another person's sentence in anticipation of what likely to be said next - Linguistics term

noun:

• women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono
• ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go) ［打ち掛け］

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:

• leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement - Law term ➜ 独占禁止法

noun:

• Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)

noun:

• declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ ダブル立直【ダブルリーチ】

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

godan ~く verb / transitive:

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

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)

expression:

• the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was