noun:

• character; personality; disposition
• character (in a film, novel, comic, etc.)
• letter; character; symbol

noun:

• first and second; A and B
• superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment; discrimination

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to stay in bed; to sleep; to be laid up for a long time

noun:

• cord for attaching a sword scabbard tightly to the obi; sword strap; sword knot ➜ 鞘

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together

noun:

• illegal resident (in a country); illegal alien; illegal overstayer (person who has overstayed their visa)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to throw down; to bring down; to blow down; to fell; to knock down; to set (something) down on its side; to turn (something) on its side ［倒す］
• to kill; to defeat; to beat
• to overthrow; to trip up; to ruin ［倒す］
• to leave unpaid; to cheat ［倒す］

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get (become) acquainted; to get to know; to get (become) intimate with; to become friendly with; to become friends

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as)
• to claim to be; to call oneself; to wear the title of
• to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to adopt as one's name; to take (a name)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to call out the goods one is selling - archaism

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gradually; little by little; in a breezy manner - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• soon; before long - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• here and there; scattered - onomatopoeia

noun:

• spots; dots; pimples; rash - onomatopoeia

noun:

• lost point (in a game); point given away; conceded goal Antonym: 得点
• run charged to the pitcher - Baseball term
• blunder; mistake; error

noun:

• sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade
• bayonet ［けん］
• swordsmanship ［けん］
• stinger; ovipositor; dart ［けん］

noun:

• payment made via bank deposit transfer
• discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile - Mahjong term ➜ 振り込む

noun / ~する noun:

• reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• direct; in person; frankness; honesty; simplicity; cheerfulness; correctness; being straight
• night duty; shift (e.g. in a factory) ➜ 当直

adverb / ~と adverb:

• completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; totally; wholly; without hesitation - onomatopoeia
• cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• heating a vessel without water in it; heating an empty pan, kettle, boiler, bathtub, etc.

expression:

• pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

expression / ichidan verb:

• to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question - idiom

noun:

• playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; pretense
• surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean - esp. ケレン

noun:

• gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel - four character idiom

noun:

• gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel - four character idiom

expression:

• slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; constant dripping wears away a stone [literal] - proverb

noun:

• ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year - Shintō term