expression:

• (to be pushed) toward the middle (of a crowd) (usually against your will)

noun:

• projecting part (of a headland, etc.) ［でばな・出鼻］
• moment of departure; (on the) point of going out
• outset; start; beginning

noun:

• loose morals (e.g. of a geisha); easy virtue ➜ 不見転芸者【みずてんげいしゃ】
• impulse; whim

noun:

• "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal or autumnal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests) ➜ 戊

noun:

• (a) study (e.g. in music, art, sculpture, etc.); etude; practice piece

noun:

• suspension system (of a vehicle); undercarriage
• area around one's feet; footwear

noun:

• first string (of a shamisen, etc.)

noun:

• reference (e.g. for a job)

expression:

• too late (by a short time); just failed (by a small margin) - colloquialism Antonym: ギリギリセーフ ➜ ぎりぎり・アウト

noun / ~する noun:

• unloading (a ship)
• landing; disembarkation

noun:

• letter of responsibility (for a crime)

noun:

• two-storied pagoda (with a square base, pent roof and a round top) ➜ 裳階

noun:

• suitor (e.g. for a woman); wooer

noun / ~する noun:

• (the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior)
• one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.)
• trial service (of a servant)

ichidan verb:

• to kick (into something, e.g. a goal)

noun:

• sole (of a shoe)

~の noun:

• medium-sized (of a flower, esp. a chrysanthemum)

noun:

• growing old together (as a married couple) ➜ 相生い

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do

noun / ~する noun:

• coming alongside (a boat, pier, etc)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to die in (a foreign land); to engage in something until death comes; to do something for the rest of one's life

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to convert (a loan)

noun:

• brute force approach (esp. in a video game) - colloquialism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to knock (a person) down

noun / ~する noun:

• scraping together (a sum of money); raising (a sum of money) by straining one's credit - four character idiom