noun:

• magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• tarsal (relating to the tarsus - a group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus)

noun:

• six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu) ➜ 三途の川

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion ➜ 胸一杯

noun:

• regular position (e.g. in sports team); normal position
• revealing a card in the upright position (tarot, etc.)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to set a high value on
• to take good care of; to look after

noun:

• small chair for children
• high-chair; tall child's chair, often with a tray for food

noun:

• front facing display (e.g. books displayed on a shelf with the cover facing out); forward facing display ➜ 平積み【ひらづみ】・面出し【めんだし】

noun:

• banishment (to a nearby province); the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to kill (with a weapon)
• to defeat an opponent
• to get someone out - Baseball term
• to arrest; to take prisoner

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (a thing) with; to mount (gem)

adverb:

• about; roughly; approximately ➜ 凡そ【およそ】
• generally; on the whole; as a rule
• completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb)

noun / ~の noun:

• outline; gist

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to present; to offer; to give ➜ 呈する
• to show; to display; to exhibit
• to assume (e.g. a shape)

godan ~う verb:

• to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken

noun:

• faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to dance; to break into a dance

expression / noun:

• this day next week; today week; a week from today

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up

expression / ichidan verb:

• to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to have a heart to heart talk; to speak frankly ➜ 腹を割って話す【はらをわってはなす】

noun:

• needle; pin ➜ 鍼
• hook ➜ 鉤【かぎ】・釣り針【つりばり】
• stinger; thorn
• hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
• staple (for a stapler)
• needlework; sewing ➜ 御針
• malice

counter / suffix noun:

• counter for stitches

noun:

• gloss; luster; lustre; shine; sheen; polish
• mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin)
• interest; appeal; charm; color; colour; feeling
• romance; love; sexiness

counter:

• counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi

noun / suffix noun:

• popularity; favour; favor; reception

noun:

• defense; defence; reputation
• agreement
• receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
• submissive partner of a homosexual relationship - often abbr. 凹 on gay SNS sites - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism ➜ 猫・攻め・タチ