noun:

• staying the night (of an itinerant priest in Zen buddhism); itinerant priest's lodging - Buddhism term
• providing a room for an itinerant priest so that he may meditate for a long period of time - Buddhism term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to greet; to call out (to); to start talking (to)
• to invite; to get in touch (with); to give a shout (to); to let (somebody) know (one is in the area or has time to meet, etc.)
• to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to contend for

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to go after (a prize, record, etc.)
• to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom)
• to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to move (house); to transfer (department)
• to change the target of interest or concern
• to elapse (passage of time)
• to be permeated by a colour or scent
• to be infected; to be contagious; to spread (as in fire) - usually written using kana alone

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it
• to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to nuzzle against (e.g. dog nosing a person)
• to lay the blame on ［なすりつける］
• to strike (a match) ［すりつける・こすりつける］

noun:

• beginning and end

noun / ~する noun:

• doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end

adverb:

• from beginning to end; the whole time; throughout; consistently

expression:

• a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband

expression:

• right triumphs over wrong, law triumphs over right, power triumphs over law, heaven triumphs over power; no man can oppose the divine - banner used by 14th century samurai Kusunoki Masashige - proverb

particle:

• denotes uncertainty ➜ とやら
• such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like; A and B and whatnot - as ＡやらＢやら...

adverb / ~する noun:

• for a moment; for a minute

adverb:

• for a while; for some time
• for the time being; for now

interjection:

• it's been a long time; long time no see

noun:

• Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE) - honorific language
• The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC) ➜ 孫子の兵法
• Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)

adjectival noun:

• plausible (e.g. of a rumour); believable (e.g. of a story); specious (e.g. of an argument); credible (e.g. of a lie); looking very like the truth

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way)
• to put off; to delay; to postpone; to stagger (e.g. working hours)

particle:

• such things as ...; and ... and - used for non-exhaustive lists related to a specific time and place
• the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as - after the dictionary form of a verb ➜ や否や

unclassified:

• be; is - plain copula - Kansai dialect ➜ だ

interjection:

• o; oh - punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.
• huh; what - interjection expressing surprise
• hi - male language
• yes; what? - archaism

particle:

• yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it? - indicates a question - archaism

noun:

• brown-spotted spinefoot (Siganus stellatus, species of rabbitfish from the Indian Ocean); starspotted spinefoot; tellate rabbitfish; yellow-tail starry rabbitfish ➜ イエローテールスターリーラビットフィッシュ

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 辺張待ち【ペンチャンまち】

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up (with chopsticks, tweezers, etc.)
• to pick up and eat; to snack on
• to pick out (the main point); to summarize; to sum up
• to bewitch; to possess; to fascinate - usu. as つままれる

noun:

• oni; ogre; demon
• spirit of a deceased person ➜ 亡魂
• ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.) ［おに］
• it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.) ［おに］ ➜ 鬼ごっこ【おにごっこ】
• Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［き］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

prefix:

• very; extremely; super- ［おに］ - slang ➜ 超

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - proverb

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to carry on one's back
• to be burdened with; to take responsibility for
• to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be conceited; to think highly of oneself ［しょう］ - in the form しょってる ➜ しょってる

noun / ~する noun:

• grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism
• grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

noun:

• trying to reach above one's station and failing; trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing; monkey trying to catch the moon (and drowning) [literal] - four character idiom