godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

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

noun:

• luggage trunk for wrestlers and referees; wicker basket for a wrestler's belt, apron, etc. - Sumo term

expression:

• for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

noun:

• tatami-mat room rented out for meetings, meals, etc.
• place for assignations
• (Edo-period) brothel

expression:

• Look for a big tree when you want shelter; Serve the powerful for your own good

noun / ~する noun:

• adherence (to one's beliefs) (positive nuance); persistence; sticking to one's guns; standing one's ground

godan ~る verb:

• to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way

expression / noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death ➜ 丑の刻参り

noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

noun:

• one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; one's forte
• No. 18; eighteenth ［じゅうはちばん］
• repertoire of 18 kabuki plays ［じゅうはちばん］ - abbreviation ➜ 歌舞伎十八番

expression / ichidan verb:

• to do as one wishes; to suit one's convenience
• to happen as one expects

numeric:

• one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); 3.75 milligrams (one-thousandth of a monme)

noun:

• old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled); to straighten one's hair; to make an adjustment to one's hair; to do (up) one's hair

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own - often in neg.

noun:

• pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers)

noun:

• soup with rice bran pickled or salted vegetables (e.g. carrots, daikon or potatoes) and fish (e.g. salmon, gadid or Arabesque greenling) boiled in a salty broth (sake lees is sometimes added) (Hokkaido local specialty dish) ➜ 糠漬け【ぬかづけ】

noun:

• night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come - archaism
• night of the 14th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar - archaism

noun:

• safety device for the aged that calls for help if not activated periodically - From English "silver online"

noun:

• one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look

noun / ~の noun:

• a line; a streak; a stripe; a ray (of light); a wisp (of smoke)

noun:

• one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one passage (in a book)
• one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
• the same logic; the same reason - archaism

godan ~す verb:

• to use one thing for several purposes; to use the same thing on multiple occasions
• to work someone hard; to order around; to boss

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way - esp. 道を空ける
• to pave the way for; to open up opportunity - esp. 道を開ける

noun:

• time for reporting to work
• time one leaves home to go to work
• working hours; number of hours worked

noun:

• one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives) ➜ 戸籍【こせき】

noun:

• a child; one child
• one of several children, especially the son and heir
• one stone (in the game of go) ➜ 一目【いちもく】