expression / ichidan verb:

• to twist a thread
• to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability - idiom - abbreviation ➜ 腕によりをかける

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to scatter; to sprinkle; to strew
• to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.)
• to give the slip; to throw off; to shake off; to lose

noun:

• legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.); beans; peas
• soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy ➜ 大豆
• female genitalia (esp. the clitoris) - colloquialism
• kidney - colloquialism - usually written using kana alone - Food term

prefix noun:

• miniature; tiny
• child

noun:

• bass range (in Japanese music) - abbreviation ➜ 甲【かん】
• six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale ➜ 十二律・律
• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) ➜ 呂旋

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to slip into for the purposes of sex (e.g. lover's house, hotel, red light district, etc.); to shack up with
• to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)

adjectival noun / noun:

• undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety
• (the crime of) cursing one's parents ［ふきょう］ - archaism ➜ 八虐
• disowning one's child ［ふきょう］ - archaism

noun:

• special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election

noun:

• special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election ➜ 特別国会

noun:

• cup of sake used to drink to the establishment of a partnership, commitment to marriage, etc.; nuptial cup of sake

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to row; to scull; to paddle ➜ 舟を漕ぐ
• to pedal (e.g. bicycle)
• to swing (on a swing)
• to operate a hand pump
• to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

noun / prefix noun:

• smallness; small item
• short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) ➜ 小の月
• elementary school - abbreviation ➜ 小学校
• younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name)
• unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m) - archaism

noun:

• Galapagos phenomenon; Galapagos syndrome; tendency of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) to be designed specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species ➜ ガラパゴス化

noun:

• (before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha
• offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering - oft. as 御~

noun:

• Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947)
• Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of the Holy Roman Empire

expression:

• speak of the devil and he shall appear; speak rumours of someone and they shall appear [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation ➜ ばつを合わせる

noun:

• bay laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; sweet bay; laurel tree - abbreviation ➜ 月桂樹
• moon; moonlight
• katsura tree on the moon (in Chinese legends) - orig. meaning

noun:

• without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to ring an alarm bell
• to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn; to raise the alarm; to send a wake-up call - idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• active duty; active service
• student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try - often as 現役で ➜ 浪人【ろうにん】

noun:

• monkey banana (var. of wild banana in the Philippines and Okinawa) (Musa acuminata 'Seniorita'); seniorita banana; var. of banana producing small fruit - From English "monkey banana"

noun:

• bamboo growing along a river bank
• Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake
• Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
• prostitute; the life of a prostitute - archaism

expression / adverb:

• at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn

adverb:

• sound of a small wave hitting the shore; sound of a whip; sound of a slap - onomatopoeia

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out; to have the wind up