~の noun / noun:

• dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless

noun:

• lot (in a sale)

noun:

• opening through which dirt is swept

noun:

• ball of mud; dirt ball

noun:

• finger marks; dirt from the hands

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 ~す verb / transitive:

• to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
• to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
• to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
• to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances
• to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with
• to download; to copy from a computer to another medium - IT term
• to make someone swoon (judo) - Martial Arts term
• to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
• to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

noun:

• last moment; eleventh hour - idiom
• platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period - orig. meaning

adjective:

• black
• dark; blackish; sun-tanned (skin)
• suspicious; criminal; illicit
• darkened and dirty; sooty; covered in dirt
• evil; wicked; black-hearted
• inauspicious; ill-boding; unlucky

noun:

• crossed fingers and word said to call someone to be avoided as 'dirty' - children's language

~する noun:

• to cross one's fingers (to ward off 'dirt')

noun:

• mince (minced meat or fish) ［タタキ・叩き・敲き］
• seared skipjack tuna ［叩き・敲き］ ➜ 鰹
• robbery; extortion ［叩き・敲き］ - slang
• hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor; concrete floor - usu. 三和土 (gikun)
• whipping; lashing; bashing; beating; flaming ［タタキ・叩き］