noun:

• one's birthplace; one's native place

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to purse one's dreams

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape

noun:

• one group; one squad
• group one; squad one
• entire group; entire squad

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death
• to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice); to conceal (e.g. one's emotions)

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• hyperconsciousness; too great a sense (of); something being only one's imagination; letting imagination run away with one - four character idiom

noun:

• inconsistency of speech and action; failing to act up to one's words; not practicing what one preaches - four character idiom

expression:

• every last one; one and all; from A to Z
• as soon as; right after; no sooner (than) - verb+はしから - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~する noun:

• making one's debut; making one's first appearance - esp. 顔見せ
• (just) showing one's face; showing up - esp. 顔見せ ➜ 顔を見せる
• introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors) - esp. 顔見世
• December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform - esp. 顔見世 ➜ 顔見世狂言

interjection / noun / ~する noun:

• facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue - from 赤目 ➜ 赤目【あかべ】

noun:

• keitai-mail friend (someone one keeps in touch with only by typing messages with one's thumb) - obscure term - slang ➜ 親指

noun:

• One Village One Product movement; OVOP; campaign to boost the countryside by promoting the special products of local areas

noun:

• one's company; company one works for

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• in-house; belonging to the company

noun:

• person to be reckoned with; person of importance
• one person; one character; someone

noun:

• one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series

noun:

• (a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke)
• one stroke; one brush

expression:

• struggling to grab hold of one's opponent's belt with one's dominant hand - Sumo term

noun:

• angel's index; proportion of one's income spent on one's children ➜ エンゲル係数【エンゲルけいすう】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to follow; to pursue; to chase; to run after
• to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one
• to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

expression / noun:

• one's devoted wife; wife who has followed one through hard times; wife married in poverty

adjectival noun:

• seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with
• to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with
• to do with something as one pleases
• to appreciate

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to expose

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to open up (of clothing); to be exposed

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); to stretch - archaism

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; desperately; frantically; for dear life; all-out effort; sticking at living in and defending one place - four character idiom ➜ 一生懸命
• sticking at living in one place