noun:

• designated driver (to prevent drunk driving)

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to read kanji using its native Japanese pronunciation - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding - abbreviation ➜ 出来ちゃった結婚

noun:

• path to the netherworld (underworld); Hades; Hell ➜ 黄泉

adverb:

• crushed flat; squashed to a pulp; squished; crumpled - onomatopoeia

expression:

• to cast aside one's beliefs and doctrines - archaism

noun:

• itching to show off one's abilities

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bend into a loop (wire, hair, etc.)

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to quarrel among friends (or siblings)

expression:

• take the opportunity to (do something else) ➜ 事の序で

expression:

• take the opportunity to (do something else) ➜ 物の序で

expression:

• cannot help (doing); have no choice but to ➜ ざるを得ない

noun:

• the will to power (philosophical concept of Nietzsche)

godan ~る verb:

• to pay off completely (e.g. loan)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to use all one's strength (ability)

noun:

• time fuse (often used to detonate high explosives)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to try out the food at various restaurants - colloquialism ➜ 食べ歩き

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fall on one's backside ➜ 尻餅

auxiliary verb / conjunction:

• in order to do; for the purpose of doing - contraction of するべく

noun:

• the path to Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land) - archaism ➜ 涼しき方

noun / ~する noun:

• coming to Japan (of a non-Japanese person)

godan ~く verb:

• to stick it out (until the end)

noun:

• stool (stood on to reach high objects); stepladder - archaism ➜ 踏み台

noun:

• stool (stood on to reach high objects) - archaism ➜ 踏み台

noun:

• dongxiao (Chinese bamboo flute similar to a shakuhachi)