ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be too much; to be too good to be true

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be very shrewd; to be highly intelligent; to be very smart - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be evasive; to be not entirely truthful; to not be frank - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part

noun / ~する noun:

• yell used to time or encourage activity (e.g. "Heave ho!", "On three ... One, two, three!" in English); enthusiastic shout from the audience (e.g. in kabuki); shouting (in concerts)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be at one's wit's end; to be in great trouble; to be at a loss

noun:

• near one's knee
• under the protection of (e.g. one's parents); under the care of
• territory of a powerful person ［ひざもと］ ➜ お膝元
• address used after the names of one's parents, grandparents, etc. in a letter ［しっか］

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pay; to pay out; to pay over

godan ~く verb:

• to be stressed; to be fussy; to be restless ➜ こせこせ

noun:

• sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb)
• Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)

noun:

• style of speaking in which the speaker gives the end of each sentence or phrase a higher intonation - From English "up talk"

noun:

• circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of
• (computer) peripheral - IT term

noun:

• (former) Ministry of Finance (1869-2001) ➜ 財務省
• Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains
• mountain recess ［やまかげ］

noun:

• all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions
• large hanging lantern ➜ 八方行灯

noun:

• the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning") ［序の口］
• lowest division in sumo - Sumo term

noun:

• the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects) ➜ 七賢人
• Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove ➜ 竹林の七賢

noun:

• gallery (of a theatre)
• audience (at a theatre); the masses; the general public

noun:

• the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain - four character idiom

noun:

• the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace

noun:

• vitreous body (of the eye); vitreous humor; vitreous humour; the vitreous - Anatomy term

noun:

• person who holds the purse strings; person who minds the cash; safe keeper; treasurer

noun:

• New Year (esp. first three days) - polite language ➜ 正月
• the first month of the year; January - polite language ➜ 正月

noun:

• the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana) - Buddhism term
• the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)