noun / ~する noun:

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

noun:

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

noun:

• foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain
• range; spread; extent; encompassing circle

noun:

• box in which ashes of the deceased are kept; box in which a funerary urn is kept

noun:

• index fossil (fossil which suggests a date of the formation of a rock stratum); key fossil; leading fossil

noun:

• forced reduction of a daimyo's land by the Edo Shogunate; curtailment of a daimyo's domain - archaism

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

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• lightly rolling (of a small and round thing) - onomatopoeia
• pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter) - onomatopoeia
• changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); fickly; in a fickle manner - onomatopoeia
• roly-poly - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• chirp chirp; sound of insects - onomatopoeia
• ribbit ribbit; croak croak; sound of frogs - onomatopoeia ➜ ケロケロ

noun:

• roller; lint roller; paint roller ［ころころ・コロコロ］ - onomatopoeia

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

expression:

• in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another

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

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:

• Socialist Party of Japan (until 1996, became the Social Democratic Party of Japan from 1996) ➜ 社会民主党【しゃかいみんしゅとう】

noun:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• headstand ➜ 逆立ち【さかだち】
• doing one's best; doing something to the best of one's ability

noun:

• high salary earner; high income earner; well-paid employee

~の noun:

• highly-paid; in the top salary bracket

noun:

• year-end gift ➜ 歳暮・お中元
• end of the year; year end ➜ 歳暮【せいぼ】

temporal noun:

• New Year's call; beginning of the year; New Year's greetings

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to nock (an arrow); to fix an arrow to the string