~す verb (precursor to modern する) / intransitive verb:

• to insist on; to cling to; to adhere to - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady ➜ ご主人
• one's husband
• (one's) employer; (one's) master
• host; hostess

noun:

• four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room
• small room esp. for assignations

expression:

• in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn; in spring one sleeps like a log - proverb

suffix noun:

• a little over; a little more than
• powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to wield a baton; to swing a baton
• to lead; to direct; to command - colloquialism ➜ 采配を振る

noun:

• here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place ➜ 何処・其処・彼処
• these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker) ➜ 今迄
• these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ... ➜ 此れから

noun:

• fishing stand; small portable stand that can be assembled quickly
• stand used to transport people or things (Edo period)

noun:

• single crime consisting of multiple independent crimes (i.e. robbery, which consists of theft and threats or use of violence)

noun:

• appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.
• literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning
• face (of a printing type)

noun:

• bamboo growing along a river bank
• Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake
• Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
• prostitute; the life of a prostitute - archaism

expression:

• to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; a crab digs a hole like its own shell [literal] - idiom

noun:

• advancing money; temporary payment for someone else; payment on behalf of another party, with the expectation of being reimbursed later

noun:

• black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan, and afterwards spreading to the common people

noun:

• one group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (people whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses) - vulgar ➜ 被差別部落民

noun:

• a matter for the police; with the police involved; a brush with the law - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture - idiom

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• picture-perfect; picturesque - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to disturb the water; to wake a sleeping dog; to wake a sleeping child [literal]

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in a line; to stand in a row
• to be equal

adverb / ~と adverb:

• crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; scraping; scratching - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• hard and crunchy - onomatopoeia
• very skinny; emaciated; all skin and bones - onomatopoeia

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply

noun:

• official injury exemption system; system for exempting players injured in an official match from pay reduction or demotion - Sports term

suffix:

• keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use - negative nuance, with the state being improper, unpleasant, etc.

noun:

• stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers) - esp. 重石 - abbreviation ➜ 重し石
• weight (as used in balances)

noun / ~する noun:

• the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot - four character idiom