expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to be conducive to; to be instrumental in
• to finance

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend
• to be up to the task; to come up to ➜ 及ばない
• to compare with; to be a match (for)
• to commit (a crime) ➜ 犯罪に及ぶ
• to require (to do) - usu. used in the negative ➜ 及ばない

noun:

• generation; lifetime
• the age; the day

noun / suffix noun:

• the First - after the name of a king, etc.

noun:

• issei; first-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become used to the (ways of the) world; to become worldly or sophisticated

noun:

• people living in the country; people living inland; Japanese in Japan proper; people living on Honshu

noun:

• on-deck circle - Baseball term - From English "waiting circle"

expression:

• one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the back [literal] - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

noun:

• high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest - abbr. of 阿闍梨耶, from the Sanskrit "ācārya" - honorific language - Buddhism term
• initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon) - Buddhism term ➜ 伝法灌頂
• monk who conducts religious services - Buddhism term

noun:

• taxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over designing or creating something; making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something - four character idiom

noun:

• candy vendor (esp. an Edo-period candy vendor who sold candy while walking around playing the flute or another musical instrument); candy vender

noun:

• smack in the middle; perfect strike; bull's eye - colloquialism ➜ ど・ストライク

adjectival noun:

• perfect (for something or someone); just right; just the way one likes it - colloquialism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to float
• to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp
• to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet ➜ 腰を浮かす

particle:

• until (a time); till; to; up to
• to (a place); as far as
• to (an extent); up to; so far as; even
• only; merely

expression / ichidan verb:

• to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done ➜ 恩に掛ける

expression / ichidan verb:

• to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done ➜ 恩に着せる

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot

expression:

• danger past and God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; once it's past the throat, one forgets the heat (of the swallowed object) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• geisha call-office; assignation office for geisha
• geisha on call ➜ 検番芸者

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hit the mark; to hit the nail on the head

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl ［曲げる］
• to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant ［曲げる］
• to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert
• to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks)
• to pawn

adjective:

• risky; dangerous; hazardous; perilous; close (e.g. game); narrow (e.g. victory)
• suggestive; bordering on the obscene; risqué; delicate (e.g. question); questionable; shady
• extreme; harsh; cruel - archaism

expression:

• when it's important; when it comes to the crunch; when push comes to shove; when it comes to the point; in one's hour of need; at the critical moment ➜ いざ