adverb:

• even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)

noun / ~する noun:

• selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion

noun / ~する noun:

• rivalry; competition; antagonism; struggle for supremacy
• rising and falling (of a bird) ［けっこう］

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• making doubly sure
• insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure - Sports term

noun:

• senior manager; director; person below the department head with responsibility for a particular area

noun:

• nose medicine (e.g. nasal spray)
• bribe; hush money
• soothing sweets (for a child)

noun:

• not having met or contacted someone for a long time; neglect of friends

noun:

• identity fraud; forgery (e.g. of email); spoofing - IT term
• masquerade (esp. for evil purposes)

noun / ~する noun:

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

noun:

• a service station for cars that run on alternative fuels

noun:

• storyboard (film, television); design for a series of movie scenes - abbreviation ➜ コンティニュイティ

noun:

• banners of thanks for the full house (in sumo tournaments, soccer matches, concerts, etc.) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• closing, either for the day or permanently (e.g. theme park, botanical garden, etc.) - used for ~園 Antonym: 開園

noun:

• a good chance coming along; the time has come (for, to, when...); opportunity knocking - four character idiom

counter:

• counter for collections or assemblies of flat objects (e.g. CDs, DVDs, etc.)

expression / adjective:

• useless; stupid; good-for-nothing ➜ 仕様が無い
• having no way to do ...

noun:

• flower circle (equiv. of gold star awarded to kids for good work at school) ➜ 二重丸

noun:

• kamikaze taxi (1960s term for taxis that fail to heed traffic regulations) - colloquialism

noun:

• place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water when visiting shrines

counter:

• counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system) - archaism

noun:

• Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895) - obscure term ➜ 日清戦争

noun:

• examinatinon with MRI, MRA, etc. to check for aneurysms and other problems - from "brain dry-dock" ➜ 人間ドック

noun:

• archer's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)

noun:

• waza-ari (in judo, a half-point awarded for good but incomplete execution) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• geisha; woman who entertains (e.g. by playing the shamisen) for her living - obscure term ➜ 歌妓