noun:

• person doing the actual work (as opposed to management)

noun:

• date on which the event is to take place

noun:

• rounding figures (e.g. to the nearest whole number)

noun / ~する noun:

• pursuing one overriding objective while forsaking all the others - four character idiom

noun:

• (falling into a) continuous decline; being on the wane - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled

expression:

• primly; with one's nose in the air; smugly

noun:

• ritual to banish the sleep demon (esp. in Tōhoku)

noun:

• mixed boarding; multiple groups using the same bus, etc.

~の noun / noun:

• behind-the-scenes

noun:

• the three weapons for catching criminals (Edo period) ➜ 刺股・突棒・袖搦

noun:

• Gaultheria adenothrix (alpine shrublet in the Ericaceae family)

noun:

• Reineckea carnea (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Ophiopogon planiscapus (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Maianthemum yesoense (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Liriope minor (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Billiken; pointy-headed charm doll, orig. from the US

noun:

• distinguished professor (unofficial title awarded by the institution itself)

noun:

• women in the sciences; female scientists - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 理系女子【りけいじょし】

expression / ichidan verb:

• the skies open up; to rain cats and dogs

noun / ~の noun:

• the one before last; two generations, etc. previous

expression:

• you can't catch the wind with a net - proverb

noun:

• Golden Lion (highest prize at the Venice Film Festival)

noun:

• movement to overthrow the shogunate (mid-19th century Japan)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
• to sever (connections, ties) ➜ 縁を切る
• to turn off (e.g. the light)
• to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect ➜ 電話を切る
• to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
• to open (something sealed)
• to start
• to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.)
• to reduce; to decrease; to discount ➜ 値切る
• to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
• to cross; to traverse
• to criticize sharply
• to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
• to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
• to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
• to shuffle (cards)
• to discard a tile - Mahjong term
• to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate
• to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
• to trump ➜ 切り札
• to cut (the connection between two groups) (in go)
• to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone) - also written as 鑽る
• to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to finish; to complete - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 疲れきる