noun / ~する noun:

• (roads) running in all directions; convenient transportation; ability in any line

noun:

• adaptability; capacity to adapt; ability to adjust

noun:

• poetic sentiment or inspiration; poetic inclination or taste; poem-composing mood; ability to appreciate poetry

noun:

• unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans

noun:

• power of description; descriptive powers; ability to describe

noun:

• strength of the brush stroke; power of the pen; ability to write

noun / ~の noun:

• the precedence of merit; performance orientation; ability- (merit-) based (promotion, pay scale, etc.) - four character idiom

expression:

• desperately; to the full extent of one's power; with all of one's ability

noun:

• artistic taste; aptitude for painting; ability to appreciate art
• desire to paint

noun / ~する noun:

• improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress
• communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank Antonym: 下達 ➜ 上通

noun / ~する noun:

• show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation

expression / ichidan verb:

• to guarantee (someone's ability or the quality of their work); to vouch for; to endorse ➜ 太鼓判を押す

expression / noun:

• slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.)
• being slightly older

suffix noun:

• superior to (e.g. professional, etc. in ability or achievement) ➜ 裸足【はだし】

noun:

• ignoring (one thing) for (another) ➜ 其方退け【そっちのけ】

noun:

• space manipulation (e.g. supernatural ability)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to use all one's strength (ability)

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• natural (ability)

noun:

• agnosia (loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells)

noun:

• merit (ability, efficiency) rating; employee performance evaluation - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way - idiom

expression:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action ➜ 目の上のこぶ

adjective:

• unconnected; weakly related; far beyond (one's means, ability)
• having little prospect of marriage

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be attached; to be connected with; to adhere; to stick; to cling
• to remain imprinted; to scar; to stain; to dye
• to bear (fruit, interest, etc.)
• to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
• to take root
• to accompany; to attend; to follow; to study with
• to side with; to belong to
• to possess; to haunt ➜ 憑く
• to be lit; to be lighted ➜ 点く
• to be settled; to be resolved; to be decided
• to be given (of a name, price, etc.)
• to be sensed; to be perceived
• to be lucky - from 運がつく

suffix / godan ~く verb:

• to become (a state, condition, etc.) - after -masu stems, onomatopoeic and mimetic words ➜ 付く【づく】

adverbial noun / noun:

• limit; limits; bounds
• degree; extent; scope
• as far as possible; as much as possible; to the best of one's ability; very much
• unless (after neg. verb)
• the end; the last

suffix:

• as long as; only

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wake up; to awake
• to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to become conscious of; to realize
• to come to one's senses