noun / ~する noun:

• one step forward, many steps backward; little to gain and much to lose - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• firmly bear in mind; have something engraved on one's mind (heart) - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• freely; in complete control of; with complete freedom; at will; as one pleases - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food ➜ ぱくぱく

noun:

• Engel's coefficient; proportion of one's income spent on food - Economics term

noun:

• a doubt that lurks in one's soul and that cannot be resolved

expression / ichidan verb:

• to remain faithful to the memory of one's husband and never remarry

expression / adjective:

• not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think

noun:

• drawing a dish towards oneself using one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

expression:

• something that one would not expect to exist; something exceedingly rare; jellyfish bones [literal] - obscure term

noun:

• Di (ancient Chinese ethnic group)
• Chinese "root" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

noun:

• defilement; impurity; affliction - Buddhism term
• object (perceived with the mind or the senses)

numeric:

• one billionth

noun / ~する noun:

• going crazy; losing one's temper; snapping - slang - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• sound of a stretched string snapping - onomatopoeia ➜ ぷつん

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering)

expression:

• one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire - idiom

noun:

• senior group member; leader among peers

expression:

• (like) one's older brother; big brother ➜ 分【ぶん】

noun:

• loaner vehicle (e.g. from a garage which is repairing one's vehicle)

noun:

• slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen)

noun:

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

noun:

• Gollum (genus of one species, Gollum attenuatus, in the family Proscylliidae)

expression / adverbial noun:

• looking hard at; staring at; drilling with one's gaze

noun:

• medical treatment at one's own expense; treatment not covered by health insurance

expression:

• dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow

noun:

• dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened - slang

expression:

• hallo!; excuse me!; announcing one's presence when calling at someone's house - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 物申す