noun:

• surface Antonym: 裏
• face (i.e. the visible side of an object)
• front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin
• outside; exterior
• appearance
• public
• first half (of an inning); top (of an inning) - Baseball term Antonym: 裏【うら】
• cover (for tatami mats, etc.)
• foreground - IT term

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to handle well; to handle deftly
• to deal with; to manage; to settle; to sort; to process
• to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.); to cut and trim (fish)
• to sell out (completely); to dispose of (all stock)
• to untangle; to disentangle; to part; to arrange (e.g. the hem of a kimono)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to disappear into; to be lost in; to slip into; to get mixed in among
• to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.)
• to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar
• to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.); to forget about
• to be distracted by; to be too absorbed in

godan ~う verb:

• to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled - esp. 叶う
• to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to conform to (standards, rules, etc.); to be consistent with - esp. 適う ➜ 道理に適う
• to match (implies competition); to rival; to bear (e.g. the heat) - esp. 敵う, usu. with neg. verb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to go to one's heart; to cut one to the quick; to give one a deep impression; to clutch at one's heartstrings; to hit home; to strike home; to strike a chord; to strike a note

~する verb (spec.):

• to face (each other); to be facing
• to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to
• to receive (a client, etc.)
• to compare with; to contrast with; to be in opposition with; to be opposed to
• to confront; to oppose; to compete with

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to face (each other); to be facing ➜ 対する
• to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to
• to receive (a client, etc.)
• to compare with; to contrast with; to be in opposition with; to be opposed to
• to confront; to oppose; to compete with

noun:

• seven emotions (in The Book of Rites: joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, desire); seven emotions (in Buddhism: joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate, desire)
• seven effects (of a traditional Chinese medicine)

ichidan verb:

• to place a hat, etc. on someone's head - archaism
• to award clothing to someone as a reward or a souvenir
• to place the blame or burden of responsibility on someone else
• to use something as an excuse or a pretext

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to collapse; to crumble
• to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to become disorganized; to become untidy
• to break down; to be thrown into disarray
• to crash (stock market); to slump; to decline
• to break money into small change
• to turn bad (e.g. weather); to change for the worse; to deteriorate

noun:

• baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood - Buddhism term
• baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• pouring water onto a gravestone - Buddhism term
• teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)

noun:

• four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)
• four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices)
• the four assemblies - in Tendai

adjective:

• light; well-lit; well-lighted
• bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; brightly-colored
• cheerful; bright; spirited; sunny (e.g. disposition)
• encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.); promising; of fair prospects
• familiar (with); knowledgeable (about); well versed (in) - as 〜に明るい
• fair (e.g. politics); clean; impartial

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to step on; to tread on; to trample on
• to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to visit
• to experience; to undergo
• to follow (rules, principles, etc.); to go through (e.g. formalities); to complete
• to estimate; to guess; to judge; to value; to appraise
• to rhyme ➜ 韻を踏む
• to succeed to (e.g. the throne)

noun:

• echo; reverberation
• sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise
• quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read

noun:

• method of patterning fabric by pounding on leaves (or flowers, etc.) placed on it, or by rubbing in dye made from these materials - obscure term
• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner ➜ 摺り込み染め

adjective:

• far; distant; far away; a long way off; in the distance
• distant (past); remote (in time); remote; far-removed (in time)
• distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone)
• far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.); not similar; way off
• hard (of hearing) - as 耳が遠い
• nearsighted - as 目が遠い

noun:

• palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination ➜ 科挙
• examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination ➜ 式部省

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to dive (into or under water)
• to get under; to get into; to get in; to creep into; to crawl under; to bury oneself; to burrow into; to dig oneself into; to snuggle under
• to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself; to go underground ➜ 地下に潜る

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stick; to paste; to affix - esp. 貼る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (tent)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to form (e.g. ice on a pond)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to fill; to swell

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stick out; to put; to slap

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be expensive

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to keep a watch on; to be on the lookout

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become one tile away from completion ［張る］ - Mahjong term ➜ テンパる・聴牌

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to span; to generate - Mathematics term

noun / ~の noun:

• main body (of troops)
• nucleus; backbone; mainstay; key figure
• center field; centre field; center fielder; centre fielder

noun:

• athlete competing in the middle-number match in a team competition, i.e. second in 3-on-3, third in 5-on-5 (kendo, judo, etc.) ➜ 先鋒【せんぽう】

noun / ~の noun:

• medium-level; mid-level; midsize

noun:

• area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend - Sports term
• (one's) field; (one's) scope; area of expertise; range of topics one can converse about; breadth of one's interests and knowledge
• one's type; kind of person one is attracted to

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp
• to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake
• to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful - often as 冴えない
• to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute
• to be satisfying - often as 冴えない ➜ 冴えない
• to become frigid; to become intensely cold - original meaning; now somewhat old-fashioned

adverbial noun / noun:

• avenue; street; way; road
• coming and going; street traffic
• flow (of water, air, etc.)
• transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
• fame; reputation; popularity
• the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said)
• understanding; comprehension

counter:

• counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:

• to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with) ➜ 通じる
• to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to
• to be understood; to be comprehended
• to be honored; to be good
• to be well versed in; to be well-informed
• to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy)
• to form a liaison; to be intimate