noun:

• dirt mound
• dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room
• platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

noun:

• free use

~する noun:

• to use freely; to make free use of; to have good command (e.g. of a language)
• to drive someone on

suffix:

• style; manner
• after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time) ➜ 久しぶり【ひさしぶり】

noun:

• whorl of white hair on the forehead of the Buddha, represented by a white precious stone on statues of Buddha; urna

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be out of focus ➜ ずれる
• to be off the point (e.g. of a plan); to have not got the point

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take a big bite
• to take the best part; to steal all the good parts; to steal the show

noun:

• purse with a metal clasp; handbag (with clasp); pouch (with clasp); coin purse (with clasp) - etym: toad's mouth ➜ 財布

noun / ~する noun:

• decommissioning (of a nuclear reactor, furnace, incinerator etc.); decommissioned nuclear reactor (or furnace, incinerator, etc.)

adverb:

• as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize
• to bind (something) with rope

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to set out; to set sail
• to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something)
• to begin to ride
• to lean forward

noun:

• kanji for common use; jōyō kanji; list of 2,136 kanji established in 2010, formerly a list of 1,945 established in 1981 ➜ 当用漢字

expression:

• disliking a certain food without having tried it
• disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to

noun:

• skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world - four character idiom
• child kabuki actor - orig. meaning - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple [literal] - idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be stormy; to be rough
• to be ruined; to fall into ruin
• to be in a bad temper; to lose one's temper

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour)
• to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale; to pale

expression:

• cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be made an example of; to be made a victim of; to be exposed to ridicule

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start ➜ 幕を閉じる

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to love one's child too much for their own good; to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun [literal] - obscure term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain; to secure; to attain; to obtain; to win - 獲る esp. refers to catching wild game, etc.
• to understand; to comprehend
• to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be able to ..., can ... ［得る］ - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 得ない・得る【うる】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over ➜ 裏返す
• to look at it from another perspective - usu. as 裏を返せば
• to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

noun / ~する noun:

• running alone; running solo
• having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else)
• having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes; arbitrary action

expression / noun:

• ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger