noun / adjectival noun:

• elegance; grace Antonym: 俗【ぞく】

noun:

• festal song (genre of the Shi Jing) ➜ 六義

ichidan verb:

• to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be preeminent
• to tower above (the surrounding landscape)

noun:

• danger
• Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 危宿・二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to protect; to guard; to defend
• to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique ➜ 斜
• distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood); amiss; awry

noun / ~の noun:

• goods piled beneath; lower layer
• lowest social strata; bottom (of the ladder); low rank; obscurity

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to deliver; to forward; to send
• to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities); to give notice; to register

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to arrive at; to reach
• to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table) ➜ 席に着く

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape; to come loose
• to fade; to discolour
• to wear a hole (e.g. clothes)
• to leave (e.g. a meeting)
• to be clear; to be transparent (e.g. of the sky)
• to be stupid; to be absentminded; to be careless; to be inattentive - usu. as 抜けた or 抜けている
• to exit (a program loop) - IT term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to go through; to pass through

noun:

• Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures
• Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)

noun:

• Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures
• Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

noun:

• background; scenery; backdrop; setting; circumstance; context
• backing; support (from behind the scenes)

noun / adjectival noun:

• blue (colour, color)

adjectival noun:

• sad; down (in the dumps)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet
• to recover; (of the market) to improve

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom)
• to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)

adjectival noun:

• proper

noun:

• propagandist; propaganda - abbreviation
• full time (staff); career (job title) (e.g. someone who has worked in the same area from the start)
• regular price; net price

noun:

• morning star; Venus ➜ 金星【きんせい】
• preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to choose at one's own discretion
• to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

noun:

• water and sky
• Varuna; Vedic god of water and sky (adopted into Buddhism as god of water and protector of the west)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to read (a book); to open (a book) to read
• to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to go through; to pass through
• to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon); to evade (the law)

noun:

• bell with wooden clapper
• leader; guide (of the public)

noun:

• (printed) itinerary
• road map; program (for the solution of a political problem, etc.) ➜ ロードマップ

noun / ~する noun:

• going to serve one's lord

noun:

• daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era) - abbreviation ➜ 参勤交代

noun:

• soil
• breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)