noun:

• traffic accident caused by a driver thanking another driver for letting him go first at a junction

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall in love (for the first time); to know love
• to be compassionate

noun:

• breech presentation (feet or buttocks-first birth); breech delivery; breech birth

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to begin to know; to know for the first time

noun:

• preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge - Sumo term
• to punch hard; to hit hard

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt) ➜ 土を固める【つちをかためる】
• to put together; to collect; to gather; to consolidate
• to make secure; to stabilize; to settle down; to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.); to establish (evidence) ➜ 身を固める【みをかためる】
• to fortify; to reinforce; to support ➜ 国境を固める【こっきょうをかためる】・嘘で固める【うそでかためる】
• to wear for a specific purpose (armor, coat, etc.) - in the form に身をかためる
• to swear; to resolutely vow; to sincerely promise
• to tie tightly; to fasten
• to hold a bow fully drawn

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to dig into (e.g. of fingernails)
• to eat into; to encroach; to make inroads; to penetrate (e.g. a market); to break into (e.g. first place); to erode; to cut into (e.g. time, savings)
• to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks) - vulgar

noun / ~する noun:

• getting on base; reaching first base - Baseball term

noun:

• times on base; TOB - Baseball term

noun / prefix noun:

• having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; majoring in ... - abbreviation - slang ➜ 専門

noun:

• first; foremost; number one priority - archaism
• doing as one pleases; acting selfishly - archaism
• fired brick - archaism

noun:

• previous work; preceding work
• first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop

noun:

• leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement - Law term ➜ 独占禁止法

noun:

• declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ ダブル立直【ダブルリーチ】

noun:

• direct principal offender; direct perpetrator; principal offender in the first degree - Law term ➜ 間接正犯

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate
• to play the first move (e.g. in go)

expression:

• first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines

noun:

• pitch; tone; key
• time; tempo

noun / suffix:

• mood; tendency; style

noun:

• tax paid in kind (ritsuryo period); first a tax on rice fields and households, then on individuals - also 徴 - archaism

noun:

• one roll
• one book; one volume
• first volume ［いっかん］
• rolling once; wrapping once around ［ひとまき］

noun:

• pine, bamboo and plum (together an auspicious grouping)
• high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower; first, second and third (class) - from 松 down to 梅

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

noun:

• declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared - Mahjong term ➜ 立直【リーチ】

noun / ~する noun:

• closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard
• pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling

expression:

• the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long; the well with sweet water will be the first to run dry [literal] - proverb

noun:

• fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

noun:

• first year (pupil) in junior middle school; second year (pupil) in lower secondary school ➜ 中学校