noun:

• rotating warning light similar to the one on a patrol car - abbreviation - From English "patrol light" ➜ パトカー

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses - Sumo term

expression:

• out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed - colloquialism

expression:

• not a single person (with negative verb); no one

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)

noun:

• one scene (e.g. in a movie)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses - Sumo term

noun:

• eating one's bento before lunchtime (e.g. of a student)

noun:

• one's favourite member of a pop group, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 推しメンバー【おしメンバー】

noun:

• one's favourite member of a pop group, etc.

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to make a mistake (e.g. in choosing one's melds) - colloquialism - Mahjong term ➜ 裏目【うらめ】

expression / adverb:

• before one could; in no time at all; without a gap - usu. after plain verb

noun:

• meal (esp. dinner) served in one's room (at a ryokan) ➜ 旅館

noun:

• staffing a retail outlet with one person - From English "one operation"

noun:

• emphasizing one's good qualities; presenting oneself in a favorable light - From English "self-produce" ➜ 自己演出【じこえんしゅつ】

noun:

• fire truck (specifically one equipped with a pump); pumper

noun:

• farting into one's hand; cupping a fart

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability

noun:

• Hamaguri Gomon incident (1864 clash between pro and anti-shogunate forces)

noun:

• half-way between medium and well done - From English "medium well"

noun:

• perineum; area between sex organs and the anus ➜ 会陰【えいん】
• very narrow passage

noun:

• The Lapland War (between Finland and Germany 1944-1945)

noun:

• interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues - Sports term ➜ セ・パ

noun:

• below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
• bottom
• beneath; underneath
• just after; right after - as 下から, 下より, etc.

noun / ~の noun:

• inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior)

noun:

• trade-in ➜ 下取り

prefix noun:

• preliminary; preparatory ➜ 下準備

noun:

• person; character; figure; personage; man; woman
• one's character; one's personality
• able person; talented person