interjection:

• keep going; hang in there; go for it - From Chinese "jiāyóu" ➜ 頑張って

interjection:

• pull together!; give it your best shot!; let's do this!

noun / ~する noun:

• sprinkling salt on a raw vegetable and rubbing it in - Food term ➜ 揉む【もむ】

~よい adjective:

• attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat; with-it; groovy - slang ➜ カッコイイ

interjection:

• I'm ready!; Bring it on! - slang

particle:

• from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
• from (originator); by
• because; since - follows verbs, adjectives
• out of (constituent, part)
• through (e.g. window, vestibule)
• after; since - following the te-form of a verb

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind
• to set free; to release; to let loose
• to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
• to send out (a person to carry out a duty)
• to set fire to - in the form 火を放つ ➜ 火を放つ

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to slide down
• to make a fool of oneself
• to whoop it up; to be on the spree; to cut loose; to mess around

noun / ~する noun:

• speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for); representing (the views, feelings, etc. of) ［代弁・代辯］
• payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; paying on behalf (of) ［代弁・代辨］
• acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf) ［代弁・代辨］

noun:

• red eyes; bloodshot eyes
• red-eye ➜ 赤目現象
• red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus) - usually written using kana alone ➜ 赤目魚
• facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue

expression / ichidan verb:

• to drag things out; to creep up slowly on the point; to strangle (execute) slowly with a silk cord (instead of quickly with a rope) [literal]

expression / adjective:

• being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark) - idiom
• having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing away from someone because of their speech or actions; having the mood ruined
• zooming out or backing the camera away to get a wider image (film, TV)

noun / ~する noun:

• washing a kimono (or futon, etc.) without taking it apart; laundering whole ➜ 解き洗い

noun:

• fish or shrimp, etc. grilled so that it retains its original form

noun:

• user needs (generally in market research and IT)

expression:

• It's not much, but...; phrase used when giving gifts - polite language

suffix / expression:

• adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with ➜ それと無く・何となく・幾度となく

expression:

• knock, and it shall be opened unto you; God answers prayers - from Matthew 7:7 - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• writing an inscription on a stone monument (e.g. before carving it)

expression / noun:

• misty mountain with blossoming buds and flowers as it appears in spring

expression:

• one who knows little often repeats it - proverb ➜ 馬鹿の一つ覚え

expression:

• that's right; very well; it would be best to ...

noun:

• It girl; personable young woman with sex appeal

expression:

• ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist