noun:

• fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

noun / ~の noun:

• family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); one's fellows; in-group
• private matters; internal affairs

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate

adjectival noun / noun:

• pigeon-toed

expression:

• a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill Antonym: 空腹

~の noun:

• complete; total; full; heartfelt; sincere

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• to miss (one's chance to ...) - after the -masu stem of a verb, sometimes as っぱぐれる

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]

adverb:

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

expression:

• no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness [literal] - proverb

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:

• 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"

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】

noun:

• one's old school or university; alma mater; the school or university one attended

ichidan verb / transitive:

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

noun:

• (excelling in) one area or skill; (being skilled or gifted in) one certain area - four character idiom

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

expression:

• one or two sizes (bigger, etc.); one or two levels (better, more mature, etc.)

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

expression / adjective:

• to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one