noun:

• putting one's own interest ahead of one's party (for a politician) - play on 党利党略 ➜ 党利党略【とうりとうりゃく】

noun:

• one's own way of thinking; one's independent approach - male language

expression / noun:

• waiting to see one's opponent's move; playing a waiting game ➜ 後出し・じゃんけん

noun:

• Pokemon seizure incident (Dec. 16, 1997); incident in which flashing lights in a Pokemon episode induced seizures in hundreds of viewers - From English "Pokemon shock"

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be based on; to have origin in
• to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
• to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
• to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
• to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances
• to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with
• to download; to copy from a computer to another medium - IT term
• to make someone swoon (judo) - Martial Arts term
• to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
• to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

noun:

• goodwill; intangible assets (part of the acquisition price of a business paid for the name and reputation of the company rather than tangible assets)

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this ➜ あんな・そんな・どんな

noun:

• traditional married woman's hair style, with an oval chignon on top
• men's hairstyle (Edo period)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to forget one's worries

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to trifle with; to fool around with

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be scorched into; to be seared into
• to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

noun:

• (one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups ➜ 部下・目上

noun:

• remainder of one's life; one's remaining years

noun:

• one's duty; responsibilities pertaining to one's work

noun:

• one's right-hand man; one's trusted henchman

noun / ~する noun:

• whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence

noun:

• as one pleases; to one's heart's content

noun / ~の noun:

• one's whole body; all of one's might

adverb / ~の noun:

• one's way; one's route - usu. adverbially as 行きがけに ➜ 来掛け

noun:

• drumming on one's belly; having one's fill

noun:

• god's majesty; god's authority; might of Heaven

noun / ~の noun:

• (one's) (special) field (of study); one's line

noun:

• one's self-possession; one's presence of mind

noun:

• one's family and followers; one's whole clan - four character idiom

noun:

• one's field of expertise; one's strong area - four character idiom