expression / godan ~く verb:

• to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far ➜ 抜群

expression:

• till; to; over (a period); through (e.g. Monday through Thursday); about (approx. time or place); on
• concerning (an area of expertise)
• swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to catch (a person's words); to make out; to follow; to understand
• to find out by asking

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fill (with); to be filled with
• to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to misplace; to put in the wrong place
• to make a mistake in deciding the winner - Sumo term

expression:

• (villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; badgers of the same hole [literal] - idiom

noun:

• tōsō-on; Tang-Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese ➜ 唐音【とうおん】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; to gather chestnuts from the fire [literal] - orig. from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de La Fontaine - idiom

noun:

• senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)

noun:

• mountain mass; small mountain range; group of mountains that are not part of a large mountain range - obscure term ➜ 山塊

noun:

• foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company

expression / adverb:

• by the end of this year; before the year comes to a close; during this year

noun:

• one's own country
• home country (as opposed to a colony)
• country of one's ancestors

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin a trip; to depart; to embark
• to die; to pass away; to depart this life

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

noun:

• half-sibling (by a different father); uterine sibling; maternal half-sibling; half-brother; half-sister

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be betrayed - idiom
• to be brought to grief (by an enemy); to be given a hard time - colloquialism - idiom

noun:

• yen-denominated foreign bond; samurai bond; bond denominated in yen issued by a non-Japanese issuer

noun:

• times and situations; the course of events of the times; a turn of Fortune's wheel - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be different and distinct; to be (relatively) distinct (when referring to items in a set) - Mathematics term ➜ 異なる

noun:

• family affairs; family business
• steward in charge of the affairs of a samurai family (middle ages)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose hair; to become bald
• to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)

noun / ~の noun:

• homo; homosexual (esp. a male); homosexuality (esp. male-male) - abbreviation ➜ ホモセクシュアル
• homozygote - abbreviation ➜ ホモ接合体
• homogenization - abbreviation ➜ ホモジナイズ
• Homo (genus of primates incl. modern humans) - From Latin

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to draw (a bow) to the limit
• to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to clasp
• to strain (voice)