noun:

• interpreter (languages, events, etc.) ➜ 通訳者・説明者
• interpreter; software that decodes and executes a high-level language (e.g. Java, Python, PHP) - IT term

noun:

• rim of a volcano, esp. Mt. Fuji
• wrestling ring - Sumo term
• dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position

noun:

• sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples

noun:

• female student or graduate of Waseda University
• woman who allegedly pursues a career at the expense of love, feminine interests, etc. - derogatory term

noun:

• leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement - Law term ➜ 独占禁止法

noun:

• position (in finance: amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); open interest; outstanding account; sales or purchase contract

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to finish writing; to complete
• to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

noun / ~する noun:

• count; counting

noun:

• count of balls and strikes - Baseball term ➜ ボールカウント

noun / ~する noun:

• count (after a knock-down in boxing) - Sports term ➜ カウントアウト

noun:

• count (of radioactivity)

noun:

• Basic English; version of English with a maximum of 850 basic words

noun:

• being at one's wit's end; being (quite) at a loss (what to do) - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate
• to taper off (of a sound)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to tread (a nail) into the sole of one's foot; to tread through (the floor)

noun:

• shellfish cooked in its own shell (esp. turban shell) - abbreviation ➜ 栄螺の壺焼き
• food cooked in a crockpot

expression / ichidan verb:

• to establish a lead
• to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate

noun:

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

noun:

• living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to confuse someone; to befuddle someone; to create a smokescreen; to surround with smoke [literal] - idiom

noun:

• (finger) ring ➜ 指輪
• metal thimble ➜ 指貫【ゆびぬき】
• ring used to constrict a finger to make it small and beautiful - archaism

godan ~く verb:

• to walk with; to make someone tag along
• to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about

noun:

• modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)

noun:

• traditional Japanese poem with six verses in a 5-7-7-5-7-7 moraic pattern

noun:

• elementary school (esp. the elementary school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); primary school

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false