noun:

• consent or refusal; yes or no; decision to accept or decline; up or down (vote); assent or dissent; accept or reject

noun / ~する noun:

• the end of the match; the end of the game

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to knock down; to beat (someone) up - ぶちのめす is usu. just kana
• to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)

noun:

• zigzag pattern; zigzag formation
• steps down from a pier
• pathway covered by extended eaves to protect from snow
• large saw used by lumberjacks

noun / ~する noun:

• departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff

expression / adjective:

• in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with

adjective:

• smelling of mold; musty; putrid
• old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed; worn-out ➜ 古臭い

noun / ~する noun:

• ranging over or scouting out a territory; searching far and wide (for); reading extensively

noun / ~する noun:

• paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage

noun / ~する noun:

• astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment

noun:

• money needed to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage ➜ 身請け

godan ~く verb:

• to compete with each other (e.g. out of pride, obstinacy, etc.)

noun:

• plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution

noun:

• hook; gab
• snare; trap; trick (question)
• arm-grabbing force out - Sumo term

noun:

• Out-of-Africa theory (positing a recent African origin for modern humans)

noun / ~する noun:

• carrying a portable shrine with arms stretched out (i.e. without shouldering it)

noun:

• salad served in a glass, cup, hollowed-out tomato, etc. - From English "cup salad"

noun:

• playing rock-paper-scissors to decide who will carry out a task ➜ じゃんけん

noun:

• imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era
• patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

adverb / noun:

• the deepest bottom of the earth; never; not ... at all; on no account; for all the world; till doomsday

noun:

• hairstyle introduced in the Meiji era consisting in a bun or chignon tied at the back of the head

noun / ~の noun:

• pons (pontes); pons Varolii; pontine; part of the brain stem (links the medulla oblongata and cerebellum with the midbrain)

noun:

• small, thin fabric belt worn over the kimono and under the obi in order to protect the fabric

expression:

• if a man hears the Way in the morning, he may die in the evening without regret - from a quote by Confucius - proverb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be accustomed to; to be used to
• to argue into silence; to talk down