noun:

• first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth
• first speech; inaugural address

noun / ~の noun:

• (one's) master
• Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God) ［しゅ］
• the main thing; the majority; the primary concern ［しゅ］ ➜ 主たる・主として

noun:

• international marriage which is recognized in only one party's country (e.g. same-sex marriage, polygamy, underage marriage)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

noun:

• ex-nerd; one who has given up geeky or nerdy hobbies; one who has given up stereotypically geeky dress, mannerisms, etc. ➜ オタク

expression:

• something that cannot be done no matter how hard one tries (and is slightly frustrating because of this); eye drops from the second floor [literal] - idiom

noun:

• one cup (of sake)
• (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party

adjective:

• patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending ➜ 恩に着せる【おんにきせる】

noun:

• Luvaridae; family containing one extant species of perciform fish similar to a surgeonfish

noun:

• throwaway match (i.e. one played after a tournament has already been decided); dead rubber

noun:

• pulling something out (in a stroke); plucking out
• forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators)
• overtaking multiple people (in a spurt); pulling ahead

noun:

• collecting bones and remains (e.g. on a battlefield)
• putting cremated remains in an urn

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to lay upside down
• to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes)

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to conceal; to hide; to keep secret; to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness) - usu. 臥せる ➜ 臥せる【ふせる】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to already have enough; to already have what one needs - often used in turning down an offer ➜ 間に合う
• to be on time

noun:

• speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

particle / conjunction:

• (at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons

noun:

• end; conclusion

~の noun:

• last; final; latest; most recent

expression:

• no sooner than; once; right after (often having negative consequences) - after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga"

noun:

• one's final moments - archaism ➜ 最期

noun / ~する noun:

• racing (an engine); idling (an engine) ➜ 空回り
• going in circles (esp. argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels

noun:

• resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year

noun:

• celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth)
• gift at the birth of a child; baby gift

noun:

• to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school ➜ 寺子屋
• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
• to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)

noun:

• cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand ➜ 屋台店
• festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; dancing platform ➜ 踊り屋台
• stage prop fashioned after a large building
• framework (of a house, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 屋台骨
• house (esp. a small and miserable house) - archaism

noun:

• cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder
• omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation ➜ 切り上げ

noun:

• achievement of one's goal; goal achievement

noun:

• Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia); grass-mowing sword ➜ 天叢雲剣