godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to reach ➜ 追いつく
• to be compensated; to make up for one's losses ➜ 追いつく

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to search (for something desired, needed); to look for - esp. 探す
• to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime) - esp. 捜す

noun:

• using one's chopsticks to find a food one likes by rummaging in one's dish, pot, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• dropping; losing - abbreviation
• missing item; something one forgot to write down
• trap
• wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed
• conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 落とし掛け

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】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to bide one's time; to wait until the time is ripe ➜ 満を持する

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to fish
• to look for; to search for; to hunt for; to scavenge; to scrounge; to look through; to rummage through ［あさる］

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge ［あさる］

expression / ichidan verb:

• to die in (a foreign land); to engage in something until death comes; to do something for the rest of one's life

noun / ~の noun:

• three stars (shape)
• three stars (for quality, e.g. Michelin stars)

noun:

• Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ➜ 参【しん】

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to) - idiom

expression:

• (deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime - usu. as 足元から鳥が立つように - idiom

noun:

• one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life - four character idiom

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to choose at one's own discretion
• to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

adverb:

• first of all; at once; right away
• for now; for the time being

adverb:

• supposing; even if; granting that; for argument's sake
• temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

~と adverb:

• sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food) - onomatopoeia

expression / ichidan verb:

• to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes
• to die; to breathe one's last

noun:

• one's last moment; one's death; one's end

adverb / ~の noun:

• just as one likes; as one pleases; as one prefers

expression / noun:

• one's mind; one's thoughts; one's heart ➜ 思いの丈【おもいのたけ】

expression / noun:

• brothel (esp. one that allows for penetrative intercourse)
• quickie (in a brothel); short sexual act
• just a short moment; a little while; an instant - orig. meaning

noun:

• leading player; prima donna; box-office star - four character idiom
• best item one has (to show); one's sole Sunday best; one's single area of expertise

noun / suffix noun:

• departure; departing (from ...); departing (at time ...) ➜ 着【ちゃく】
• sending; sent (by ...); sent (at ...)
• engine - abbreviation ➜ 発動機

counter:

• counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.; counter for bullets, bombs, etc.; counter for blows (punches) - also ぱつ

noun:

• advancing and retreating; appearance and disappearance; one's daily activities; one's course of action; one's attitude - four character idiom

noun:

• between one's eyes; before one's eyes; space where one's left and right eyesight meet

noun:

• whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing