ichidan verb / transitive:

• to weigh one thing against the other; to act in consideration of; to compare and take into consideration

noun:

• court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period)
• female servant for a samurai family
• lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in time for
• to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

noun / ~の noun:

• leader
• reader; reading book
• reader (i.e. someone who reads)

noun:

• microreader - abbreviation ➜ マイクロリーダー
• dotted line (in printing); leaders; ellipsis mark ➜ 点線【てんせん】

adverb:

• in general; generally; mostly; roughly; largely; mainly; on the whole; by and large

noun:

• gist; point; main idea

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to clear; to make clear
• to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to feign indifference
• to look demure; to look prim; to put on airs
• to strain (one's ears); to listen carefully ➜ 耳を澄ます【みみをすます】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
• to learn; to pick up; to acquire ［覚える］
• to feel ［覚える］
• to think; to regard ［覚える］

noun / ~の noun:

• eventful times for the nation (world); the nation (world) being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land - four character idiom

noun:

• driving off birds
• procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house
• female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen
• street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan

noun:

• four-on-the-floor; four-to-the-floor - Music term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

noun:

• character (i.e. kanji)
• hand-writing; penmanship
• the ... word (i.e. "the L word" = "love") - as 〜の字 ➜ ほの字

noun / ~する noun:

• complete change in public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel - four character idiom

noun:

• ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar) - Buddhism term ➜ 十夜粥【じゅうやがゆ】

noun:

• pogo; dance in which one jumps up and down to the beat of the music

noun:

• person oblivious to the fact they are irritating or inconveniencing others; pain in the neck; pest - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• nailing on; nailing down; nailing shut; being glued (to); being unable to take one's eyes (from)
• being stationary; being rooted to the spot; halting; freezing - idiom
• (price) pegging

conjunction / expression:

• to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that

noun:

• "grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains) ➜ 二十四節気

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.)
• to be blocked (road, pipe, etc.); to be clogged; to be plugged up ➜ 鼻が詰まる
• to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to narrow
• to be at a loss; to be hard pressed - often in the form …につまる ➜ 言葉に詰まる・気の詰まる【きのつまる】
• to end up; to be settled ➜ 詰まる所【つまるところ】
• to become a geminate consonant ➜ 促音【そくおん】
• to hit the ball near the handle of the bat - Baseball term

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter) [literal] - proverb

suffix:

• in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of
• attached or stretched on

noun:

• knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; fetters
• arrest
• rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)

noun:

• festival held on January 10 in honor of Ebisu, the god of fishing and commerce ➜ 恵比寿【えびす】