expression / adverb:

• by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat

expression / ichidan verb:

• to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

noun:

• one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)

noun:

• one's official name; one's registered name; one's name as it appears on the family register ➜ 戸籍

noun:

• Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas ［さんぞん］ - Buddhism term
• The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns ［さんぞん］ - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝
• head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern) ［さんぞん］ ➜ 三尊天井
• the three people one must esteem: master, father, teacher

expression:

• come hell or high water; no matter what happens; even if rain or spears should fall [literal] - idiom ➜ 雨が降ろうと槍が降ろうと

expression:

• come hell or high water; no matter what happens; even if rain or spears should fall [literal] ➜ 雨が降ろうが槍が降ろうが

expression / adjective:

• (I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat

expression:

• having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to raise; to elevate ➜ 手を挙げる
• to do up (one's hair) ➜ 髪を上げる
• to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.)
• to land (a boat)
• to deep-fry ［揚げる］
• to show someone (into a room)
• to summon (for geishas, etc.) ［揚げる］ - usually written using kana alone
• to send someone (away)
• to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll
• to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve
• to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice) ➜ 声を上げる
• to earn (something desirable)
• to praise
• to give (an example, etc.); to cite - usu. 挙げる
• to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.) - usu. 挙げる
• to arrest ［挙げる］
• to nominate ［挙げる］
• to give ［上げる］ - polite language
• to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.) ［上げる］
• to bear (a child)
• to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding) - usu. 挙げる

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• (of the tide) to come in

ichidan verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to vomit

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• to do for (the sake of someone else) - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone - polite language
• to complete ... - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 作り上げる
• to humbly do ... - after the -masu stem of a humble verb to increase the level of humility - humble language ➜ 申し上げる

expression:

• in one's whole life; all one's life; since one's birth ➜ この方【このかた】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to only make work for oneself; to stir up a hornet's nest; to put one's foot in one's mouth - idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)

expression:

• regardless of; irrespective of; without distinction of; no matter (how, what, when, etc.) ➜ 問う

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head

noun:

• hourglass figure; having a good-looking, full-bodied figure (of a woman); big breasts and buttocks, tight waist - slang

noun:

• the whole world
• the whole country
• society; the public
• supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power
• having one's own way; doing as one pleases

~の noun:

• peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous

noun:

• shogun (Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• whereabouts; place; location
• place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

expression:

• with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand

noun:

• double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict - four character idiom

noun:

• double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict - four character idiom

expression:

• the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge - proverb

noun:

• area between the regular outfield wall and a lower home-run fence set up at a shorter distance from home plate - Baseball term - From English "lucky zone"

noun:

• fortifying mochi; mochi that improves one's strength
• mochi received from one's parents after giving birth ➜ 汁の餅
• mochi given to a toddler on its first birthday

adjectival noun / noun:

• undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety
• (the crime of) cursing one's parents ［ふきょう］ - archaism ➜ 八虐
• disowning one's child ［ふきょう］ - archaism