ichidan verb / transitive:

• to start; to begin; to commence
• to challenge; to pick (a fight); to make (war)
• to set (traps); to plant (explosives); to lay (mines)
• to make a meld call - Mahjong term ➜ 鳴く【なく】

noun:

• ratio of the margin of loss of an electoral candidate in a single-constituent district (used to break ties when determining the representative of a proportionally represented district)

noun:

• steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot - 井籠 (rarely 井篭) refers to a square basket
• soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)

noun:

• this way; here ［こなた］ ➜ こちら
• the person in question; he; she; him; her ［こなた］
• since (a time in the past); prior to (a time in the future) ［こなた］

pronoun:

• me ［こなた］
• you

noun:

• humanity; empathy; kindness; sympathy
• human nature; common sense; customs and manners

adverb / ~と adverb:

• decisively; decidedly; boldly; once and for all; unreservedly; frankly - onomatopoeia
• precisely; exactly - onomatopoeia

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• class; order; rank

suffix:

• et cetera; etc.; and the like ➜ 等【など】

prefix:

• equal; iso-

noun / ~の noun:

• black person

noun:

• woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes - archaism ➜ 玄人

noun:

• Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

noun:

• lily (Lilium spp.)
• comics and novels about female homosexuality ［ゆり・ユリ］ - slang

noun:

• branches and leaves; foliage

noun / ~の noun:

• unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue; digression - esp. しよう ➜ 枝葉末節【しようまっせつ】

noun / ~する noun:

• arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war

noun:

• izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks

noun:

• yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat - Food term

noun:

• ancient inscriptions of Chinese characters on oracle bones and tortoise shells

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously; tortuously - onomatopoeia

noun:

• soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish) - polite language - Food term ➜ 雑煮【ぞうに】

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying; twisting and turning - onomatopoeia

noun:

• borscht (Eastern European and Russian soup, usu. made with beets); borsch - From Russian "borshch"

expression:

• more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race - proverb

noun:

• the five sins in Buddhism (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood and drink)

noun:

• the five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)

noun:

• the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, and down)

prefix:

• hexagonal

noun:

• run-down shabby house
• rag and scrap merchant - archaism

noun:

• sleet (mixture of snow and rain)
• shaved ice topped with honey