expression:

• at someone's (something's) mercy

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term

noun:

• lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker

noun / ~する noun:

• tucking up the hem of one's garments ➜ 尻からげ

noun:

• painting with the body of a brush's bristles (to create a thicker line than possible with the tip) ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】

noun:

• person left in charge of one's belongings

noun:

• snail's pace

noun:

• child's seat which attaches to a table for eating - From English "table chair"

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fix one's eyes on; to stare intently at; to study carefully (with the eyes)

expression:

• content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold - proverb ➜ 足るを知る

noun:

• Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas)

ichidan verb:

• to do one's best

noun:

• month of a person's death

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose one's energy; to be cowardly - usu. as 腑抜けた

noun / ~する noun:

• playing with something with one's fingers
• searching with one's fingers (e.g. in the dark)

expression:

• home is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world; there's room for us all in the world; wherever there are humans, there are burial places [literal]

expression:

• retribution for one's crime; punishment for one's crime

noun:

• type of woman's hairdo (Edo period) ➜ 島田髷

noun:

• traditional married woman's hair style, with an oval chignon on top
• men's hairstyle (Edo period)

noun:

• after New Year's Week

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have one's hands slip (and drop something)

noun:

• sawyer's song

expression / adverb:

• at the top of one's voice

noun:

• one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point

noun:

• left eye