godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to
• to grapple
• to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake
• to take hold of; to possess; to haunt - of a demon, thought, emotion, etc. ➜ 取り憑く【とりつく】
• to obtain a clue; to get a lead

adverb:

• tightly; firmly; fast
• sharply; keenly

noun / ~する noun:

• quick shooting; quick shot; fast draw

noun:

• saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)

noun:

• one swift effort; rush through one's work; fast-talking, writing, etc. - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• being nimble-footed; being quick on one's feet; fast running legs

adjective:

• sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast

noun:

• high-speed craft; high-speed vessel; fast ferry

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to
• to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake
• to take hold of; to possess; to haunt - of an illness, demon, etc.
• to approach (a person); to deal with (someone)

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to dash against; to undulate; to wave; to heave; to beat fast (heart)

noun:

• libertine; playboy; rake; debauchee; fast liver ➜ 遊び人
• lazy person

adjectival noun / noun:

• strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a sticker for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules - four character idiom

noun:

• First Kitchen (fast food restaurant chain)

noun:

• slow food (as opposed to fast food)

interjection:

• va-va-vroom (esp. fast cars or bikes, sexy women or men); va-voom; vrrrm - onomatopoeia ➜ ぶるん
• sound of animal shaking its fur to dry off after getting wet (esp. dogs) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo

noun:

• the (fast) pace at which life passes, and thus the nearness of death; promptitude of the changes of the times - four character idiom

noun:

• manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit) ➜ 万歳【まんざい】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to let fly; to make fly; to send flying; to blow off (e.g. in the wind); to launch; to fire; to hurl; to shoot
• to skip over; to leave out; to omit; to drop (e.g. a stitch)
• to run fast; to drive fast; to gallop
• to spray; to splash; to spatter
• to say without reservation; to call out (e.g. a jeer); to rattle of (e.g. a joke)
• to spread (e.g. a rumour); to circulate; to send out (a message); to issue (e.g. an appeal)
• to transfer (to a less important post); to send away (e.g. to a provincial branch); to demote
• to dispatch quickly (e.g. a reporter)
• to get rid of; to burn off (alcohol)
• to attack (e.g. with a leg manoeuvre)

auxiliary verb / godan ~す verb:

• to do vigorously; to do roughly; to do energetically

~と adverb / adverb:

• lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore) - onomatopoeia
• steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching) - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough - often used adverbially as ひたひたに - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• speedily; promptly; quickly; smoothly - onomatopoeia - archaism
• closely; exactly - onomatopoeia - archaism

expression:

• to be a quick worker - idiom ➜ 手の早い
• to be fast in forming relationships with women - idiom
• to be quick to resort to violence - idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to run; to hurry (when going somewhere)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse)
• to win (fame) ➜ 名をはせる

noun:

• beginning; commencement; outset

~の noun:

• first (one comes to); approaching

noun:

• affability; approachability

interjection:

• shh! (used to silence someone); sh! ➜ しっ
• shoo! (used to drive off an approaching animal, etc.) ➜ しっ

suffix / adjective:

• -ish; -like; -looking - after a noun, the -nai stem of a verb, or repetitive syllables

adjectival noun:

• sudden; abrupt; unexpected
• urgent; pressing
• steep; sharp; precipitous
• rapid; swift; fast

noun:

• emergency; crisis; danger
• urgency; hurrying; haste
• (in gagaku or noh) end of a song ➜ 序破急