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:

• 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

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make a move; to move a piece (e.g. in shogi)

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

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to keep up (appearances)
• to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to varnish over; to palliate; to temporize; to temporise
• to mend; to repair; to patch up

expression:

• might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong - proverb

noun:

• only
• prostitute attached to the exclusive service of a single member of the Occupation Forces (WW2) ［オンリー］

expression / adverb:

• indiscriminately; without consideration; irrespective of the occasion; paying no attention to the feelings or expectations of those nearby

noun:

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

noun:

• mythical spirit residing in a person's body that generates a desire to drink (also said to turn water into alcohol) - from 'Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio', 1740

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to know; to understand; to be aware of; to regard as; to take for
• to consent; to agree

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to present; to offer; to give ➜ 呈する
• to show; to display; to exhibit
• to assume (e.g. a shape)

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to fly; to soar - esp. 飛ぶ
• to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop - esp. 跳ぶ

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear; to put up (wallpaper)