noun:

• metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs
• cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds)

noun:

• life; life force - sometimes written as 生命 ➜ 生命
• lifetime; lifespan
• most important thing; foundation; core
• paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love) - archaism
• fate; destiny; karma - archaism

noun:

• figure; design
• twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes ［綾］
• style (of writing); figure (of speech)
• design; plot; plan
• minor market fluctuation; technical correction
• cat's cradle - abbreviation ➜ 綾取り【あやとり】
• lease rod (in a loom) - abbreviation ➜ 綾竹

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to flick out; to spring out; to repel
• to calculate; to work out - orig. on an abacus
• to expel (from a group); to drive out; to ostracize
• to raise funds

noun:

• bout that goes according to a wrestler's strategy; match that goes according to one's plan - four character idiom - Sumo term

adverb:

• unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain ➜ 頭ごなし

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to collude (with); to conspire (with)
• to make friends with; to get along well with
• to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

expression / adjective:

• having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; at one's wit's end

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to redeem; to take out of pawn
• to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage (by paying off her debt to her employer) ➜ 身請け

noun:

• matrilineal emperor of Japan; emperor (either male or female) whose mother is (was) a member of the Imperial family but whose father is (was) not - four character idiom ➜ 女性天皇

noun:

• person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance) ➜ 立方【たちかた】
• person singing ballads (in noh)
• coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore
• the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• calendar reform; adoption of new calendar system

noun:

• new calendar (for a new year); new year

expression:

• (as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; fact - from ことでは
• (it is a ~) thing; matter; fact - from ことじゃ, equiv. to ことだ - Kansai dialect

noun:

• same period of last year; the same month a year ago; year-ago month

noun:

• handheld game console; portable game console ➜ 携帯型ゲーム機
• game software for a handheld game console

noun:

• notification of separation from family register; notification of creation of a new family register

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people

noun:

• group of languages (i.e. the Romance languages, considered as a subset of the Italic languages)
• group of words

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to amuse; to delight; to entertain; to please; to regale; to give someone a good time; to impart delight; to give pleasure to

noun / suffix:

• idiot; fool; touched in the head (from); out of it (from); space case
• funny man (of a comedy duo); (in comedy) silly or stupid line ➜ 漫才・突っ込み【つっこみ】
• Alzheimer's (impol)

noun:

• compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison
• as I see it; by my estimate - colloquialism

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set ［きする］ ➜ 期す
• to expect; to hope for; to look forward to; to foresee; to anticipate ➜ 期す
• to resolve (to do); to decide upon; to prepare for; to promise; to pledge ➜ 期す

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

noun:

• Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; ivy morning glory
• any funnel shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); funnel-shaped urinal

adjectival noun:

• seeming to be for a certain reason; seeming to indicate there are special circumstances; seeming to indicate there is more than meets the eye