noun:

• village; hamlet
• countryside; country
• home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown ［里］
• one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past ［里］ ➜ 御里

expression:

• no matter how hard one might try; no matter what one does; even if one stood on one's head [literal] ➜ 逆立ち

noun:

• one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life - four character idiom ➜ 一所懸命

adverb:

• forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go downhill (e.g. for one's business); to be badly off (economically) ➜ 左前

noun:

• buying for immediate requirements; buying just enough to fulfil one's needs; spot purchasing - Business term

expression / godan ~う verb:

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

auxiliary verb:

• indicates respect for the one performing an action and politeness to the listener - after a monosyllable imperfective form verb - archaism - female language - polite language

noun / ~する noun:

• going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance - four character idiom

noun:

• recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts - four character idiom

noun:

• one country, two systems (Chinese policy allowing for the communist mainland and capitalist areas such as Hong Kong)

noun:

• bench (i.e. for bathroom); seat; small piece of furniture upon which one can sit on ➜ 腰掛け

expression / ~する noun:

• to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own; to find one's feet (legs); to hit (strike) one's stride

noun / ~の noun:

• for the time being; for the present; temporarily; for a time
• immediate; present; current
• for some time (after)
• current account ➜ 当座預金

counter:

• counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for

noun:

• setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism ➜ 方塞がり・方違へ所

noun:

• setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism ➜ 方塞がり

noun:

• crown (of head); summit (of mountain); spire - esp. 頂
• easy win for one - 頂き,戴き
• something received - 頂き,戴き

noun:

• renouncing the flesh or the world; becoming a priest; risking one's life for others - Buddhism term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to (relax and) stretch one's legs out
• to go for a further walk

noun:

• shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival

noun:

• gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres
• gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square
• one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain
• conjunction - Astronomy term ➜ 衝

counter:

• counter for covered containers
• counter for matches, battles, etc.

noun:

• century egg; thousand-year old egg; hundred-year old egg; preserved egg (Chinese delicacy) - From Chinese "pi dan"