ichidan verb / transitive:

• to play (a stringed instrument)

ichidan verb:

• to be about to enter (a bath, etc.)

noun:

• riding double (on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.) - slang
• sharing a seat; sharing a chair - slang

noun:

• Nondenominationalism (a Japanese Christian group)

noun:

• ketch (two-masted vessel with a small mizzen)

noun:

• sandbank (in a river); sandbar

noun:

• sliding central strip (of a slide rule); slide strip ➜ 計算尺

noun:

• ancient Japanese characters (regarded today as created at a much more recent date)

noun:

• fret (of a biwa)

noun:

• concert band (at a school); wind ensemble - abbreviation ➜ 吹奏楽部

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving (a district, zone, etc.); going out of

noun:

• external (to a company) communications

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with
• to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with
• to do with something as one pleases
• to appreciate

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to make (a promise); to conclude (a contract)
• to act as a go-between; to act as mediator
• to curry favour with - usu. as ご機嫌を取り結ぶ

noun / ~する noun:

• entering (a district, zone, etc.); going into

noun:

• sexual intercourse (esp. with a prostitute); actual sex (in movies, etc.) - slang ➜ 本番【ほんばん】

noun:

• tiqin (2 or 4-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)
• violin ➜ バイオリン

noun:

• tea name (name bestowed upon a tea ceremony practitioner)

noun:

• salted salmon roe (i.e. a mass of immature eggs) ➜ イクラ

noun:

• territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.)
• countryside - archaism

noun:

• main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion

noun:

• nephew (like a son); another child considered as one's own

noun:

• homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman - derogatory term ➜ お多福面

noun / ~する noun:

• pumping up water (e.g. to a high place for energy storage)