noun / ~する noun:

• looking straight ahead; looking in the face
• looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); confronting

noun:

• normal vision; emmetropia

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl ［曲げる］
• to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant ［曲げる］
• to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert
• to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks)
• to pawn

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get back to normal; to get back into one's stride; to get back into the swing of it

noun:

• attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees

noun:

• goods sold off through irregular channels (usu. at very low prices); merchandise obtained by buying out the inventories of failed retailers instead of going through normal wholesale channels
• fake merchandise; unlicensed merchandise; knockoff ➜ ぱちもの

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack
• to be injured
• to wear out; to be worn out
• to break; to burst; to collapse
• to wear off; to stop working; to go dead
• to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due
• to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of
• to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected
• to cut well; to be sharp
• to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able
• to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time)
• to dry off
• to curve; to veer
• to shuffle (cards)
• to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip - colloquialism ➜ キレる

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• to be able to do completely - after the -masu stem of a verb - usually written using kana alone