expression / adjective:

• to be no match for; to not hold a candle to

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured

yodan ~ふ verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to serve (by a superior's side) ［候ふ］ - archaism

auxiliary verb / yodan ~ふ verb (archaic):

• to be - auxiliary used in place of ある after で or に when forming a copula - archaism - polite language
• to do - auxiliary used in place of ます after a -masu stem - archaism - polite language

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be tonsured; to have one's head shaved
• to become a monk

expression / ichidan verb:

• to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put heads together; to gather (for discussion); to go into a huddle

noun:

• serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady - polite language ➜ 茶汲み

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to spread one's legs
• to agree to have sex (for a woman)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to put heads together; to gather (for discussion); to go into a huddle ➜ 額を集める【ひたいをあつめる】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

noun:

• inscription on the bathtub of King Tang ("If you can renovate yourself one day, then you can do so every day, and keep doing so day after day.")

godan ~う verb:

• to ridicule; to tease; to mock; to chaff; to razz; to banter with; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make cracks about

ichidan verb:

• to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to entrust; to leave to a person

noun:

• offering a prize; prize competition; prize; reward

expression / noun / ~の noun / adverb:

• some people; a few people; several people

noun:

• drafting a plan; draft plan
• concrete plan

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to miss a chance; to fail to do - usu. a suffix after the -masu stem of a verb

noun:

• young child (esp. a young girl) - archaism

prefix:

• young

noun:

• foreign cinema; foreign film
• a foreign movie

noun:

• germ rice; half-milled rice; semi-polished rice; rice with the germ; rice polished to remove the bran but not the germ; milled rice with embryo buds - Food term

noun / ~する noun:

• cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey (so-called because traditional pipes had metal only in two short segments at the ends) ➜ 煙管乗り

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to sew; to stitch
• to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to command a view; to look out over (onto, across, etc.); to overlook

noun / ~する noun:

• play; recreation

noun:

• play (theatre)

noun / ~する noun:

• performance; staging

noun:

• praying
• play ball; starting a match - abbreviation ➜ プレーボール