~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to relate; to narrate; to describe
• to confer (a rank)

noun:

• valine

adverb:

• (with a) whoomp; smash; crunch - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• discussion; examination
• investigation (of a criminal); questioning

noun:

• ground; land; earth; soil - abbreviation
• the region in question; the local area
• skin
• texture; fabric; material; weave
• base; background
• one's true nature
• narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story)
• real life; actuality
• captured territory (in the game of go)
• noh chorus ➜ 地謡
• accompaniment music (in Japanese dance)
• basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive)
• base part (of multiple shamisens)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get into the swing of (one's work); to hit one's stride
• (for a fish or bird) to put on fat for the winter

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel exhausted (after having been stressed); to feel spent; to feel relieved (from stress)
• to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor; to lose flavour

noun:

• grade of wood; quality of wood
• cut end (of a piece of wood)

noun:

• wall material; wall-finishing material
• wallplate (e.g. in a mine)

noun:

• vista; view; scene; scenic view

suffix / counter:

• counter for scenes (in a play)

noun:

• saliva; spit; spittle
• fluid (in Chinese medicine, esp. a colourless bodily fluid, e.g. tears)

noun:

• coarse, low-grade tea
• tea (often used when offering someone a cup) - humble language

noun:

• castle and moat; castle's moat - obscure term
• City God (Taoist guardian god of a city)

expression:

• (as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; fact - from ことでは
• (it is a ~) thing; matter; fact - from ことじゃ, equiv. to ことだ - Kansai dialect

noun:

• progressive form - Linguistics term
• in progress (e.g. of a project)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to drive into; to ride into
• to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)

noun:

• maggot
• worm (as a term of abuse); scum - derogatory term

noun:

• distemper painting - esp. どろえ ➜ 泥絵の具
• painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background) - esp. でいえ ➜ 金銀泥絵

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to entrust
• to send (a message, etc.) ［しょくする］

pronoun:

• that girl; that kid
• you (mainly used by a brothel owner or senior prostitutes when addressing servant girls) - archaism ➜ 禿

noun:

• long sword
• minute hand (of a clock) ➜ 短剣【たんけん】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tie together
• to wear habitually (a hairstyle)

noun:

• joints
• points (of a speech)

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

temporal noun:

• eight minutes

noun:

• triangular-swept clerical script (clerical script whose horizontal lines end in a noticeable triangular tail) ➜ 六体

noun:

• sweet rice jelly
• Edo-period herbal medicine (used as an antitussive and a breath freshener) - orig. meaning