noun / ~する noun:

• life plan; plan for one's life; planning one's life

expression / noun:

• one's last hope; one's only hope; the last hope

noun / ~する noun:

• standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself
• overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability; pushing to the limit

ichidan verb:

• to put someone to work; to make someone work ➜ 働かす
• to use; to apply; to exert; to exercise (restraint, one's imagination, one's brain, etc.)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to get stuck (in); to lodge (in)

noun / suffix noun:

• stand; rack; table; bench; podium; pedestal; platform; stage
• support; holder; rack

counter:

• counter for machines, incl. vehicles

noun:

• setting (e.g. in jewellery)

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• level (e.g. price level); range (e.g. after physical units); period (of time, e.g. a decade of one's life) ➜ 代【だい】・代【だい】

noun:

• elevated area
• viewing platform
• dish tray ➜ 台盤
• meal - archaism
• tall building; tower - archaism ➜ 高殿

noun:

• small fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt - Food term
• seafood pickled in soy (esp. squid) - Food term

noun / ~する noun:

• going in the opposite direction
• going against the wind
• running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)

noun:

• Akita ranga; short-lived school of Western-style painting that originated in the Akita feudal domain in the mid Edo period

noun / ~する noun:

• bursting through the surface; suddenly surfacing; rapid ascent
• sudden increase (e.g. in public interest)
• fast rise (e.g. in rank)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have one's wish realized; to have one's wish realised

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to pucker up one's lips; to purse up one's lips

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall in public esteem; to fall in value (stocks)

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be in opposition; to be in private life

noun:

• as is; in (its) present state; in (its) present condition

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target

noun:

• crow cawing in the morning; crows crying in the morning - obscure term ➜ 明け烏

noun:

• chink (e.g. in fence); gap (e.g. in hedge) ➜ 垣間見る

expression:

• in one go; all at once; altogether; all in one piece ➜ 纏める【まとめる】・纏める【まとめる】

noun:

• hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back
• behind (e.g. someone); rear; back
• appearance from behind ➜ 後ろ姿

adjective:

• dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious
• in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk
• uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful
• close (i.e. a close call); narrow

adjective:

• dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious
• in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk
• uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful
• close (i.e. a close call); narrow

noun:

• starting; engaging
• expenses; costs - esp. 掛かり, 掛り
• attack (esp. a corner approach in the game of go) - esp. 掛かり, 掛り; often as カカリ ➜ カカリ
• barb
• charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk ［掛かり・掛り］ - esp. for government offices, railways, etc. ➜ 係【かかり】