yodan ~る verb (archaic):

• to come; to go; to be - archaism - honorific language ➜ いらっしゃる

auxiliary verb:

• be; is - usu. after the particle で; forms a polite copula ➜ であります

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to) - idiom

expression:

• (deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime - usu. as 足元から鳥が立つように - idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit
• to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart

expression:

• monks make pure profit; monks need no capital and have no expenses, so their income is pure profit

noun:

• box in which ashes of the deceased are kept; box in which a funerary urn is kept

adverb:

• in itself; as it is; in its own way; as suits the occasion ➜ 形【なり】
• within its capacity; within limitations

expression:

• to live long is to outlive much; the longer you live, the more shame you suffer - proverb

adverb / ~の noun / noun:

• without change; as it is; as it was

~の noun / noun:

• just like; extremely similar

adverb:

• immediately; just after; without a pause

expression:

• Oh yeah; Of course it is so; Cheer up, that's average; It happens; It's possible; Don't worry, it happens

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

expression:

• putting the cart before the horse; putting the diapers on before (the baby) is born [literal] - idiom

noun:

• compound ideograph (one of the six kanji classifications); kanji made up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain)

expression:

• the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle; Art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction - four character idiom

noun:

• archery range; archery ground
• shooting range; firing range; shooting gallery ［しゃじょう］ ➜ 射撃場【しゃげきじょう】
• position where an archer is standing ［いば］
• launch site (e.g. for rockets, missiles, etc.) ➜ 発射場【はっしゃじょう】

expression:

• if it is not ...; if it does not ... - after the -nai stem of a verb, usu. accompanied by まい, esp. as 〜ざあなるまい ➜ まい

noun:

• performing solo (by oneself); having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled) - four character idiom

noun:

• specialized course; specialised course
• something that is specialized for a certain field or application (e.g. a sauce specially made for zaru soba)

noun:

• compound ideograph formation (one of the six kanji classifications); making kanji up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain) ➜ 会意文字

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says ➜ 言うことを聞かない

noun:

• part alternation mark (symbol indicating the following words are taken from a song or that the person saying the words is singing); Unicode U+303D symbol

noun:

• living; being alive Antonym: 死に
• freshness; liveliness; vitality
• situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go)
• stet; leave as-is (proofreading) - usually イキ - usually written using kana alone

prefix:

• damned

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:

• 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:

• tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny
• Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis)
• dead lay; starfish; person who is inactive during sexual intercourse ［まぐろ・マグロ］ - slang - vulgar

expression:

• metaphor in which the road to paradise is likened to a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed) - Buddhism term