interjection:

• by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not)

noun / ~の noun:

• something unexpected; emergency ➜ まさかの時

noun:

• currently; for the time being; presently; for now - archaism

adverb / ~の noun:

• indeed; really; truly; unexpectedly - obscure term ➜ 本当に

noun / ~する noun:

• seeing something that isn't actually there; hallucination; mistaking for something or someone else
• pretending not to see; looking the other way; turning a blind eye ➜ 見ぬふり【みぬふり】
• looking upwards ➜ 上目【うわめ】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick; to get stuck; to get caught; to get jammed; to clog
• to be unavailable; to be busy; to be occupied; to be full
• to be piled up (e.g. of work)
• to halt (in one's speech); to stumble (over one's words); to stutter; to stammer
• to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.); to feel pressure; to feel pain ➜ 痞える【つかえる】

noun:

• year on year; on the previous year

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to bolt down one's food; to gulp down; to eat quickly ➜ 掻っ込む【かっこむ】
• to carry under the arm; to rake in; to scoop up ➜ 掻い込む

expression:

• a state called; a position described as; can sum up as; approximates to
• places known as; that called
• the place named

expression:

• you can't always get what you want; man plans and God laughs; things don't always turn out the way you hope - proverb

noun:

• social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)

noun:

• tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimeninae spp., esp. the common tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene albiventer)

noun / ~する noun:

• punch (with the fist)
• punching (a hole); hole punch

noun:

• punch (drink)
• punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to rest in peace; to attain eternal rest - usu. neg. ➜ 浮かばれない【うかばれない】
• to gain recognition; to get on in the world

interjection:

• thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
• thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour) - humorous term

noun:

• security (e.g. national security) - abbreviation ➜ 安全保障
• US-Japan Security Treaty - abbreviation ➜ 日米安全保障条約
• campaign against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970) - abbreviation ➜ 安保闘争

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to choose at one's own discretion
• to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

adverb:

• in itself; as it is; in its own way; as suits the occasion ➜ 形【なり】
• within its capacity; within limitations

noun:

• internal maneuvering; secret maneuvering (within an organization); reconciling the various views within an organization before airing something in public - four character idiom

expression / godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to lead; to take the initiative
• to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger)
• to be most essential

noun:

• partition board; plank used as a partition
• board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around

adverb:

• sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course; in time

adverb:

• with all one's strength; with all one's heart; to the utmost ➜ 思い切り【おもいきり】

noun:

• resolution; decisiveness ➜ 思い切り【おもいきり】

adverb:

• with all one's strength; with all one's heart; to the utmost

noun:

• resolution; decisiveness

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have luck turn one's way; to have one's fortune change for the better

noun:

• on-the-spot or live broadcast; running commentary; blow-by-blow report; play-by-play report

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be faced with the choice between two alternatives; to be presented with two difficult choices

noun:

• boiling sake or mirin (to reduce the alcohol content); boiled-down sake; boiled-down mirin