~の noun / adjectival noun:

• multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; of various colours
• diverse; of all kinds; all manners of; a variety of

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to want; to wish for
• to request; to demand
• to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job)
• to purchase; to buy - polite language ➜ 買う

lower nidan verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to want; to wish for - often now as ...(を)求む ➜ 求める
• to request; to demand - archaism ➜ 求める
• to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job) - archaism ➜ 求める
• to purchase; to buy - polite language - archaism ➜ 求める

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
• to take a tea break; to rest

expression:

• don't lend money to a man who doesn't have an erection in the morning (because he's not healthy and might die before he can repay) - archaism - proverb

godan ~く verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to blow (e.g. wind); to play a wind instrument
• to whistle
• to laugh; to burst into laughter - often as 吹いた - slang ➜ 吹き出す【ふきだす】

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to smelt; to mint
• to brag; to talk big

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to only make work for oneself; to stir up a hornet's nest; to put one's foot in one's mouth - idiom

noun:

• novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture
• to be folded
• to give in; to back down; to yield; to submit
• to turn (a corner) ➜ 曲がる

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape
• to put up a front; to pose; to pretend

noun:

• whole year; all year round; throughout the year

adverb:

• always; all the time; perpetually ［ねんじゅう・ねんぢゅう］

noun:

• during an era
• middle class (of a nursery school, etc.) ［ねんちゅう］

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to connect; to link together
• to tie; to fasten; to restrain
• to maintain; to preserve; to keep
• to transfer (phone call); to put a person through
• to hedge; to buy or sell forward

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to complete most of something; to take a concrete shape; for the most important parts to be done; the nose and eyes are in place [literal] - idiom

noun:

• part alternation mark (symbol indicating the following words are taken from a song or that the person saying the words is singing); Unicode U+303D symbol

noun:

• Balcony of Appearances; balcony where the imperial family appears before the public
• (sports) interview platform; winner's platform; rostrum - colloquialism
• dancing platform (in a disco) - slang

noun / expression:

• visual novel; sound novel; interactive game resembling a mixed-media novel and featuring mostly static graphics

noun:

• last departure (of a train, bus, etc.); last train; last bus ➜ 始発

noun / ~する noun:

• change in a bus route - four character idiom
• change in policy; policy change (reversal)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to write (to someone); to drop someone a line; to contact someone

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to form a line; to queue up; to line up

noun:

• board; plank
• sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab
• cutting board; chopping board ➜ 俎板
• chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook - usu. as 板さん - abbreviation ➜ 板前・板場【いたば】
• stage (i.e. at a theatre)

godan ~く verb:

• to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to read carefully (esp. a difficult text) ➜ 読解
• to decipher; to decode ➜ 解読

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be exhausted; to be at a loss; to be worn out; to be helpless

godan ~す verb:

• to leave on; to leave running; to leave lying around; to leave (a faucet) open

godan ~す verb:

• to leave on; to leave running; to leave lying around; to leave (a faucet) open