noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

adverb / ~と adverb:

• snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと

adverb:

• (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと

~する verb (spec.):

• to excuse oneself; to take one's leave
• to resign (post); to quit; to retire
• to decline; to turn down
• unhesitatingly - as 〜を辞せず, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• selecting from one's own works; one's own selection

noun:

• voting for oneself ［自選］

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

expression / godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power

noun / ~する noun:

• using one's own judgement; making up one's own mind; judging for oneself

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side

noun:

• washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware)
• place for washing oneself in a bathroom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be laughed at; to get oneself laughed at (e.g. by doing something stupid)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to put oneself in; to enter; to serve (e.g. in the army); to be enlisted

noun:

• attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to grab a person by his vulnerable spot; to curry favour with one's superior; to curry favor with one's superior

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to desire; to wish; to hope
• to beg; to request; to implore; to pray

auxiliary verb:

• to have something done for oneself

noun:

• propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible; being prone to act bad - four character idiom

noun:

• place to put things; shed; storage space ➜ 置き場
• place to put oneself - usu. as 身の置き所 ➜ 身の置き所がない・身の置き所もない

adverb:

• snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia
• (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• suicide by drowning; drowning oneself
• entering the water; hitting the water ［にゅうすい］

noun:

• one's true character; one's true self; oneself
• seriousness; earnestness

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be vague; to speak ambigously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• clear one's name; redeem oneself; clear (vindicate) one's honor (reputation) - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to distract oneself; to take one's mind off one's worries

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to find oneself in deep trouble; to be deep in the shit ➜ 土壺【どつぼ】

noun:

• alarm clock - abbreviation ➜ 目覚まし時計【めざましどけい】
• waking up; keeping oneself awake
• type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap ➜ お目覚

noun / ~する noun:

• coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance)

noun:

• musicians' box on the left side of the stage
• lower seat ➜ 下座【しもざ】