particle:

• if ... then; when
• and - often ...も...ば...も...
• why don't you...?
• the more (one does something) - often ...ば...ほど
• because; since - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• conjectures and surmises; speculation; giving one's imagination full play without any ground - four character idiom

noun:

• a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air) - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases; kicking back

noun:

• weight-loss diet accompanied by meticulous notes about when and what one has eaten - abbreviation ➜ レコーディングダイエット

noun:

• solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition

noun / ~する noun:

• throwing oneself to one's death; precipitating oneself to one's death; leaping to one's death ➜ 投身自殺

noun / ~する noun:

• throwing oneself to one's death; precipitating oneself to one's death; leaping to one's death ➜ 投身

noun:

• preface; introduction ➜ 前置き
• lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up
• payment in advance (by bank transfer) - abbreviation ➜ 前振込み
• swinging (one's body) forward

expression:

• as (one) walks on, and on

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be robbed of one's due; to have one's fried tofu snatched by a black kite [literal] ➜ 鳶

noun / ~する noun:

• bowing respectfully with one's hands clasped in front of one's chest - obscure term
• abdication of an emperor to a successor (China) - archaism

noun:

• one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength

noun / ~する noun:

• employment separation; leaving one's job; losing one's job

noun:

• selling out one's country; betraying one's country; treason

noun:

• one's view on love; one's philosophy of love

noun:

• trying one's luck; test of one's luck

noun / ~する noun:

• going on one's own or one's own way

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability - idiom

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to save one's face; to maintain one's status

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fulfill one's duty; to discharge one's duties

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to defile one's reputation; to besmirch one's name

expression:

• contrary to one's expectations; to one's surprise

noun:

• the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to show one's competence; to demonstrate one's skill