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:

• model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.)
• type; style; pattern - がた when a suffix ➜ 朝型
• mold (mould); template; model
• kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
• form (i.e. customary procedure)
• size (i.e. clothing, shoes)
• inch (in diagonal display size)
• (taxonomical) form - obscure term ➜ 品種

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

adjective:

• slow; time-consuming; sluggish ［遅い・鈍い・遲い］
• late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); until a time far into the day or night ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• later (than expected or usual); late; behind schedule; behind time; tardy; overdue; unpunctual ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• too late; having missed the boat ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• dull; stupid ［遅い・鈍い・遲い］ - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft
• to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to cover something with something
• to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.); to ply between
• to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to commute; to frequent
• to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought) ➜ 血が通う・心が通う
• to resemble

noun:

• water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow
• miracle-working water
• water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to bite; to chew; to gnaw
• to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
• to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.); to mesh; to fit together
• to be involved in ➜ 一枚噛む
• to fumble one's words (during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words
• to strongly confute; to argue down; to rebuke; to scold harshly - archaism

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be ready; to be prepared; to be arranged
• to be in order; to be put in order; to be well-ordered; to be well-proportioned; to be harmonious
• to be adjusted; to be regulated; to be refined (e.g. of a face)
• to be settled (e.g. treaty, contract); to be completed

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with)
• 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
• to spread widely; to disseminate

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope)
• to become less tense; to relax; to let one's guard down
• to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax
• to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression); (of ice) to partially melt
• to decrease (e.g. speed)
• (of a market price) to go down slightly

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as)
• to claim to be; to call oneself; to wear the title of
• to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to adopt as one's name; to take (a name)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to call out the goods one is selling - archaism

expression:

• it is easier to do something than worry about it; the anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face; fear overruns the danger; an attempt is sometimes easier than expected; it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it [literal] - proverb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stop; to turn off - esp. 止める, 停める
• to park - esp. 止める, 停める
• to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain) - esp. 止める, 停める
• to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit
• to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind ➜ 目を留める・気に留める
• to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple - esp. 留める
• to detain; to keep in custody - esp. 留める

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up
• to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken
• to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce ➜ 熾す【おこす】
• to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open ➜ 興す【おこす】
• to plough; to plow; to till
• to fall ill with
• to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken)
• to turn over (a card)

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)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk)
• to corrode; to weather; to crumble
• to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice)
• to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt
• to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down ➜ 気が腐る【きがくさる】

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to have the audacity to; to be bastard enough to - after the -masu stem of a verb; indicates scorn or disdain for another's action - usually written using kana alone - Kansai dialect ➜ やがる

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose a bet - archaism
• to be drenched; to become sopping wet - archaism

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to stuff; to shove

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to plunge into; to charge into; to rush into; to ram into; to crash into
• to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to get to the heart (of something)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to press (someone) about; to point out (e.g. an inconsistency); to question sharply; to grill
• to get involved with; to meddle in; to poke one's nose into ➜ 首を突っ込む

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to riposte; to retort; to quip

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to stuff; to shove ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to plunge into; to charge into; to rush into; to ram into; to crash into ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】
• to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to get to the heart (of something) ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to press (someone) about; to point out (e.g. an inconsistency); to question sharply; to grill ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】
• to get involved with; to meddle in; to poke one's nose into ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to riposte; to retort; to quip ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to dig into (e.g. of fingernails)
• to eat into; to encroach; to make inroads; to penetrate (e.g. a market); to break into (e.g. first place); to erode; to cut into (e.g. time, savings)
• to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks) - vulgar

noun:

• law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation
• vinaya (rules for the monastic community) - Buddhism term
• Ritsu (school of Buddhism) - abbreviation ➜ 律宗
• lushi (style of Chinese poem) - abbreviation ➜ 律詩
• (musical) pitch - also りち
• six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale ➜ 十二律・呂
• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) - abbreviation ➜ 律旋

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• (in traditional Eastern music) step (corresponding to a Western semitone)

conjunction:

• if one were to speak of ..., then certainly; if it were the case that ..., then certainly; if it were a ..., then certainly; phrase used to indicate the inevitability of what follows it (based on what precedes it) ➜ 言う・言う
• so that means (when used in sentence-initial position)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to place (in someone's custody); to entrust (someone) with; to deposit
• to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to let (someone) decide
• to lean on; to put one's weight on

noun:

• all of creation following their original natures, living and enjoying themselves freely; the kites fly and the fish leap [literal] - four character idiom - obscure term
• Heaven's will that all of creation shall follow their original natures and live freely - four character idiom - obscure term
• as a ruler's benevolence spreads, the people will find their places in the land based on their abilities - four character idiom - obscure term

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind
• to calm down; to settle down; to die down; to become stable; to abate
• to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in
• to be settled; to be fixed; to have been reached - of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.
• to harmonize with; to harmonise with; to match; to suit; to fit
• to be unobtrusive; to be quiet; to be subdued - usu. used pronominally as 落ち着いた ➜ 落ち着いた【おちついた】