noun:

• private school that allows students to advance from one stage of education to the next, often kindergarten to university, without taking entrance exams en route; escalator school [literal] - colloquialism ➜ エスカレーター校

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to taste; to savor; to savour; to relish
• to appreciate; to enjoy; to relish; to digest
• to experience; to go through; to taste (e.g. victory); to know (e.g. pain)

noun:

• drunk driving; driving under the influence (of alcohol); DUI; legal category based on blood alcohol content - Law term

noun:

• Kyoto's children ➜ 京童
• Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext ➜ 京童

noun:

• Bird Day Fair (held at Otori Shrine on each Day of the Bird in November) - archaism ➜ 酉の市

noun:

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

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to finger; to touch; to play with; to fiddle with; to toy with
• to make changes to; to tinker with; to tamper with ［いじる］
• to dabble in; to do as a hobby; to play around with ［いじる］
• to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.) ［まさぐる］

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to go out to meet
• to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to reach; to approach; to enter (a phase, era, etc.)
• to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family)
• to call for; to summon; to invite
• to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

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 / ~する noun:

• getting on base; reaching first base - Baseball term

noun:

• times on base; TOB - Baseball term

noun:

• ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker - Business, Sports term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• fully satisfied; well satisfied (e.g. with an explanation or apology); to have one's heart completely cleared of doubt or grudge

noun:

• putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage

noun:

• being driven to the wall; finding oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea; finding oneself between a rock and a hard place - four character idiom

noun:

• cup of sake used to drink to the establishment of a partnership, commitment to marriage, etc.; nuptial cup of sake

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

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize; to realise

godan ある verb (spec.):

• to give; to confer; to bestow - honorific language
• to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor - honorific language

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to strike against; to collide with; to bump into; to conflict
• to encounter; to meet
• to clash

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to pat; to rub
• to comb (hair); to smooth down

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone) ➜ 化する

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to rise above; to transcend ➜ 立ち【たち】
• to surpass; to be superior to ➜ 立ち【たち】
• to go out; to come around

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to strike against; to collide with; to bump into; to conflict ➜ ぶつかる
• to encounter; to meet ➜ ぶつかる
• to clash ➜ ぶつかる

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist
• to turn ➜ 折れる【おれる】
• to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked