pronoun:

• wise younger brother; polite reference to another's younger brother, or to one's junior

noun / adjectival noun:

• magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set - four character idiom

noun:

• all of one's relatives by blood and by marriage; one's kith and kin - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to devote oneself wholeheartedly to; to sacrifice one's health for; to risk one's life

expression:

• having exhausted every available means; having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows [literal]

expression:

• red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning - proverb

adverb:

• holding horizontally in one's mouth; holding on the side of one's mouth

noun:

• current master; father of one's current master - honorific language ➜ 若殿【わかとの】
• minister (of government); noble - honorific language
• nobleman's residence - honorific language - archaism

noun:

• Anderson's crocodile newt (Echinotriton andersoni); Anderson's newt; Ryukyu spiny newt; Japanese warty newt

noun:

• suicide immediately after the death of one's spouse or lover; following one's lover (husband, wife) into death

expression / ichidan verb:

• to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

noun:

• New Year's Day - colloquialism ➜ 元日
• New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day - orig. meaning

noun:

• booklet constituting an informal living will (containing wishes regarding one's hospitalization or funeral, and perhaps one's life story, messages to loved ones, etc.) - From English "ending note"

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take someone's place; to step into someone's shoes; to succeed someone in his post ➜ 後釜

godan ~る verb:

• to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way

noun / ~する noun:

• removing one's hat
• admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• putting one's heart and soul into; putting one's all into

noun:

• intimacy; familiarity - archaism ➜ 昵懇【じっこん】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)

noun:

• one's support (power) base; the base of one's support in an electorate - four character idiom

noun:

• expansion of one's sphere of influence; increase in one's power (strength, influence) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to use one's own money; to pay for from one's own pocket

noun:

• blue trevally (Carangoides ferdau); banded trevally; barred trevally; Ferdau's trevally; Forskaal's jackfish

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to sound out a person's feelings; to consult a person's pleasure [literal] ➜ 鼻息【はないき】