noun:

• mood of a poem; poet's mood when writing

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to settle one's account; to pay a bill

expression:

• Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to seek a path; to find one's way

noun:

• honorific mountain name prefixed to a temple's name

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise somebody's spirits; to enhance a mood

noun:

• changing one's clothes; a change of clothes - honorific language

noun / ~する noun:

• plunging to one's death; death from a fall

adverb / ~する noun:

• heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart - colloquialism - onomatopoeia

noun:

• (at a) snail's pace; inch by (painful) inch - often adverbially as ～に... - idiom

noun:

• using a meat ax when a knife would suffice; taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut; using a grand-scale measure (a massive instrument) to deal with an insignificant problem

expression:

• dancing fool, watching fool; you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; all fools, so let's all dance

noun:

• New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors) ➜ 年玉

noun:

• fidelity; honour; honor; constancy
• chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)

noun / ~する noun:

• taking care of one's health
• recuperation
• covering (with a protective material); coating
• curing (concrete)

noun:

• blow received by a bystander; getting dragged in to somebody else's fight

noun / ~の noun:

• establishing a large lead over one's competitors; breaking away (from the field)

noun:

• transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another) ➜ 式年遷宮祭

noun:

• chocolate given to a boy on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

noun:

• platform in front of a temple's principal image, from which the officiating monk chants - Buddhism term

noun:

• turning a concealed pung into an open kong by calling another player's discard - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 槓

noun:

• Let's Play; recorded playthrough of a video game (usu. with player commentary)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• what a hoot!; joke of the century!; one's navel boils water [literal] - idiom ➜ へそで茶を沸かす【へそでちゃをわかす】

noun / ~する noun:

• making one's debut; making one's first appearance - esp. 顔見せ
• (just) showing one's face; showing up - esp. 顔見せ ➜ 顔を見せる
• introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors) - esp. 顔見世
• December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform - esp. 顔見世 ➜ 顔見世狂言

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to divert (e.g. one's attention); to evade (e.g a question); to change (e.g. the subject)
• to displease; to annoy; to offend; to upset - usu. in negative form
• to miss (the target, ball, etc.)