~す verb (precursor to modern する) / intransitive verb:

• to yield; to give in; to be daunted; to shrink ［くっす］ - archaism ➜ 屈する【くっする】

~す verb (precursor to modern する) / transitive:

• to bend (knee, etc.) ［くっす］ - archaism ➜ 屈する【くっする】
• to subdue; to overpower ［くっす］ - archaism ➜ 屈する【くっする】

~す verb (precursor to modern する) / intransitive verb:

• to feel down - archaism ➜ 屈する【くっする】

noun:

• groan; moan
• roar; growl
• buzz; hum (e.g. motor); whistling (e.g. wind, wires in the wind)

noun:

• the other party (usu. in business); person or party with whom you are dealing (on the other end)

noun:

• shrill voice
• unaccompanied part of the Heike Monogatari chanting - usu. 素声 ➜ 平曲
• part of an unaccompanied poem (in noh)

noun:

• sliteye shark (Loxodon macrorhinus, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• hakama without gussets (worn by female students and later male students in the Meiji period); hakama without gores - archaism

noun:

• dance recital praising Buddha, which accompanies the recital of a gatha (in the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism) ➜ 偈

noun:

• pumice stone
• loose rock; loose stone
• floating group (in the game of go); group without a base

noun:

• cigarette lighter (in an automobile); car cigar lighter

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)

noun:

• law of the country where a person habitually resides or is a national; law applicable to a person or to a person's legal problems

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era

~の noun:

• (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

noun:

• meeting one's master for the first time (of a new servant); ceremony at which a new servant has his first audience with his new master - archaism

conjunction / interjection:

• come; come now; come along; go on; hurry up
• well; who knows; I don't know...; uh; hmm
• well now; let's see; there we go; all right - said when surprised or happy
• about that; you see

noun:

• four brights (high-scoring combination in hanafuda); four bright cards; four light cards; five hikari cards ➜ 花札

expression / ichidan verb:

• to ensconce oneself (e.g. in a chair); to settle oneself down; to plant oneself

noun:

• commentary (on any of the 384 lines of the hexagrams in the Book of Changes)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be betrayed unexpectedly; to be stabbed in the back; to be double-crossed

noun:

• triton (nucleus of tritium) - Chemistry term
• Triton (son of Poseidon, in Greek mythology)
• Triton (moon of Neptune) - Astronomy term

noun:

• rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant)

suffix noun:

• influence - usu. negative or critical nuance
• crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)

noun:

• (Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services); tea stall ➜ 色茶屋・料理茶屋

noun:

• being closed; being blocked up; being occupied; hindrance; impedance ➜ 塞がる
• unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin) ➜ 陰陽道・天一神

noun / ~の noun:

• substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing
• stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor
• compensation; exchange; return - usu. as 〜代わりに, etc. ➜ 代わりに
• second helping; another cup; seconds - usu. as お代わり ➜ お代わり【おかわり】
• upcoming program; upcoming programme - esp. 替わり, 替り - abbreviation ➜ 替わり狂言

noun:

• single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist rituals - Buddhism term
• cloth of a tokko pattern

noun:

• dumpling cooked in miso served during the dog days of summer at the imperial court
• accompaniments for a rice dish - secret language of court ladies - archaism - female language ➜ おかず
• wooden pestle - secret language of court ladies - archaism - female language ➜ すりこぎ
• menstrual period - archaism