expression / noun:

• one's last hope; one's only hope; the last hope

noun / ~する noun:

• standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself
• overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability; pushing to the limit

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to attain
• to lead to (a place); to get to
• in the extreme case of - as ～に至っては
• to come; to arrive; to result in - archaism

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to succeed; to relieve; to replace - esp. 替わる, 替る
• to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to hand over (telephone) - esp. 代わる, 代る
• to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch - esp. 換わる, 換る

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be elated; to be excited; to be caught up in the moment; to be carried away; to get cocky - most oft. used disparagingly
• to get up to speed; to move into gear

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to read a kanji with a different pronunciation
• to load (e.g. data on a computer); to read
• to change the language or wording (of a provision, etc.); to apply a different term - Law term

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend
• to be up to the task; to come up to ➜ 及ばない
• to compare with; to be a match (for)
• to commit (a crime) ➜ 犯罪に及ぶ
• to require (to do) - usu. used in the negative ➜ 及ばない

noun:

• first departure (of the day: train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus ➜ 終発
• departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)

noun:

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

noun:

• Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health) ➜ 巫女【みこ】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to fan (oneself, flames, etc.)
• to flap (in the wind)
• to instigate; to stir up; to incite; to agitate
• to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something)
• to take a photo from a low angle ➜ 煽り【あおり】
• to tailgate ➜ 煽り【あおり】

noun:

• kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character
• kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to strike; to clap; to knock; to beat; to tap; to pat
• to play drums
• to abuse; to flame (e.g. on the Internet); to insult
• to consult; to sound out
• to brag; to talk big
• to call; to invoke (e.g. a function) - IT term

noun:

• online handle (esp. on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously); screen name; user name - colloquialism
• user who uses a online handle (instead of posting anonymously) - colloquialism

noun:

• thank you gift; gift given as thanks for a favor or for attending a funeral, etc.
• gift sent from a locality to a tax payer as part of the "furusato nozei" tax scheme ➜ ふるさと納税

expression / ichidan verb:

• to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done ➜ 恩に掛ける

expression / ichidan verb:

• to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done ➜ 恩に着せる

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to have the means to buy - idiom
• to be near (a certain age) - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner)
• to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give somebody the brown-eye

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl ［曲げる］
• to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant ［曲げる］
• to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert
• to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks)
• to pawn

godan ~る verb:

• to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body; to be helpful
• to stand in someone else's shoes ［身になる］
• to care deeply for someone ［身になる］ - archaism

noun:

• three countries
• Japan, China & India; Japan, Korea & China; all the world
• Three Kingdoms (in China, 220-280) ➜ 魏【ぎ】・蜀【しょく】・呉【ご】
• Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE - 668 CE) ➜ 新羅【しらぎ】・百済【くだら】・高句麗【こうくり】

noun:

• heavenly god; heavenly gods - also pronounced てんしん
• spirit of Sugawara no Michizane
• Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit) ➜ 天満宮
• pit of a dried plum; dried plum - colloquialism ➜ 梅干し
• tenjin hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 天神髷
• prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to run into; to collide with; to crash into; to bump against
• to come to the end of (a street)
• to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

noun:

• goods sold off through irregular channels (usu. at very low prices); merchandise obtained by buying out the inventories of failed retailers instead of going through normal wholesale channels
• fake merchandise; unlicensed merchandise; knockoff ➜ ぱちもの