expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to draw a line between; to clearly differentiate; to distinguish between

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to use a calculator
• to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability ➜ 算盤を弾く

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to knock together; to strike against each other
• to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance)

noun / ~する noun:

• overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel)

noun:

• store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)

noun / ~する noun:

• choice; selection; picking out (from a larger list) - From English "pick up"

noun:

• pickup (phonograph); stylus bar
• pickup truck; pickup ➜ 小型トラック
• pickup (reaction) - Physics term

noun:

• material before the opening credits in a film, anime, etc. - From English "avant title"

noun / ~する noun:

• author directing or producing his or her own play (film) - four character idiom
• staging oneself for effect; presenting oneself in a favorable light - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• honest to a fault; one's only strength being his (her) honesty; having no redeeming feature except for being honest - four character idiom

noun:

• nitrogen mustard (chemical compound related to mustard gas, used as a chemical weapon or an anticarcinogen)

noun:

• children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle ➜ 押し競べ【おしくらべ】

noun:

• fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near ➜ 擦り半
• sound as produced by this alarm

noun:

• fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near ➜ 擦り半鐘
• sound as produced by this alarm

noun:

• clean, freshly poured bath; hot water just poured into a bath that no one has entered yet

noun:

• wooden rods (square, used in a pair) used in Kansai-area rakugo (e.g. to mark scene changes); small clapper

noun:

• child's seat which attaches to a table for eating - From English "table chair"

noun:

• in-house model; company model; model under an exclusive contract; model who works exclusively for a single fashion magazine

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion

~する noun:

• blowing air into a dive mask through the nose to clear out the water or equalize the pressure - From English "mask blow" ➜ マスククリア

noun:

• whole party; party as a whole

noun:

• (a) short story; short-story writer

noun:

• million times; praying a million times

expression / ichidan verb:

• to dream; to have a dream

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to lock; to fasten a lock

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to dance; to perform a dance