adverb / ~の noun:

• strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)

godan ~る verb:

• to fabricate (stories) (based on alleged behaviour of the Asahi newspaper); to make up - slang - humorous term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to (relax and) stretch one's legs out
• to go for a further walk

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to learn a lesson (usu. from an unpleasant experience); to be good for someone

expression / ichidan verb:

• to able to enter the New Year (i.e. have work finished, debts paid, etc.)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress

noun:

• puppy; whelp
• magic word said to comfort a frightened child and put him to sleep

expression:

• home is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world; there's room for us all in the world; wherever there are humans, there are burial places [literal]

noun:

• double-sword fencing; two-sword fencer ➜ 使い【つかい】
• being skilled in two fields; (an) expert in two fields
• liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well
• bisexual (person)

noun / suffix:

• stuffing; packing - づめ when a suffix

noun:

• end (esp. the foot of a bridge)
• lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony
• tea master
• endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively)
• sweet eel sauce - abbreviation
• middle-aged woman - archaism

suffix noun:

• appointment to a particular workplace
• using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment)
• continuing; keep doing for period of time - after the -masu stem of a verb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart

noun:

• love call; calling out to someone with love or good will
• phone call to a loved one
• fervent request; heartfelt appeal; passionate call to action

noun:

• placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow; ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow ➜ 雪折れ

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable

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

expression:

• better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break the rules; to violate the rules; to infringe the rules

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of

noun / ~する noun:

• going to the Philippines; moving to the Philippines; migration to the Philippines

expression / ~よい adjective:

• it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ... - usu. verb-て...

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to make a payment via bank deposit transfer
• to discard another player's winning tile - Mahjong term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior) - idiom

noun:

• cramschool (for boys and girls who wish to go on to the next stage of education)