noun:

• individual play; one-man effort; non-cooperation; playing on one's own; selfish play

noun:

• Trump Effect; impact on business of the election of Donald Trump as US president

adverb:

• about; roughly; approximately ➜ おおよそ
• generally; on the whole; as a rule
• completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb)

noun / ~の noun:

• outline; gist

noun:

• conduct; behaviour
• movements; gesture; one's carriage
• performance (on stage, etc.); dance; acting
• dance (in kabuki); dance play - abbreviation ➜ 所作事

expression:

• pleased to make your acquaintance (formal phrase used on first meeting someone to encourage them to remember you)

noun:

• projecting part (of a headland, etc.) ［出っ鼻］ ➜ 出鼻
• moment of departure; (on the) point of going out ➜ 出端
• outset; start; beginning ➜ 出端

noun:

• involuntary upgrade; operational upgrade; free upgrade to business or first class on an overbooked flight

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

godan ~む verb:

• to despise; to disdain; to scorn; to hold in contempt; to look down on

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed ➜ ささくれる
• to become irritable; to feel on edge ➜ ささくれる

noun / ~する noun:

• passing on to the next life - Buddhism term
• death
• giving up a struggle; submission
• being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
• coercion

noun / ~する noun:

• preliminary inspection; having a look in advance
• preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes)

noun:

• siding (on a house); clapboard; weatherboard ➜ 下見板【したみいた】

noun / ~の noun:

• outer layer (e.g. of skin); cuticle; epidermis; bark; rind; crust; film (on the surface of a liquid); scum ［うわかわ］
• epithelium - esp. じょうひ - Anatomy term

noun:

• menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears

noun:

• spirit of someone on the first O-Bon after their death ➜ 御盆
• the recently departed (and buried or cremated, etc.)

noun:

• game in which children use a piece of charcoal on a string to create and lift up snowballs - archaism

noun:

• booth or stall set up on the sidewalk in front of a shop or home (esp. food booths at festivals) - Kansai dialect ➜ 床店【とこみせ】・出店【でみせ】

expression:

• having food on the table is more important than having a high social standing; taro stems over family status [literal] - proverb - humorous term

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to spur on; to urge forward; to impel
• to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle