expression / godan ~う verb:

• to speak distinctly; to speak clearly
• to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to get a salary (from); to receive a stipend (from); to be on the payroll (of)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to draw (a bow) to the limit
• to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to clasp
• to strain (voice)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off

noun:

• Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other

noun:

• skirt steak; meat cut from the diaphragm
• belly meat (e.g. salmon); peritoneal meat (e.g. chicken)

noun:

• right-hand match; ends-with match; backward match; matching a sub-string with the end of a field - IT term ➜ 前方一致・部分一致

noun / ~する noun:

• catching up on one's sleep; storing up sleep; getting extra sleep while one has the chance

noun:

• cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono
• sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners)
• wrapper band on books, CDs, etc. ➜ 帯紙・帯【おび】

noun / ~する noun:

• covering private parts (esp. actors during filming)

noun:

• minimal bikini bottom (held only by tiny straps or adhesive tape)
• lined hakama that bulge in the front ［前張り・前張］

noun / ~の noun:

• behind; rear ➜ 後ずさり
• after; later ➜ その後
• after one's death
• remainder; the rest
• descendant; successor; heir

adverbial noun:

• more (e.g. five more minutes); left
• also; in addition

noun / ~の noun:

• past; previous - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• wave (on water)
• wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.)
• wavy hairstyle
• audience wave; the wave

noun:

• WAVeform audio format; WAV - IT term

expression:

• once over the borders one may do anything; what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas; shame (committed while) on a journey can be scratched away [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) ➜ 厚生労働省

noun / ~の noun:

• calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white

noun:

• calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat - abbreviation ➜ 三毛猫【みけねこ】

noun:

• band

~する noun:

• to perform in a band; to create a (pop) band

noun:

• The Bund (Shanghai, China)

noun / ~する noun:

• trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour
• walking while eating; eating while walking

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

noun:

• Deva gate; temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings; temple gate of the Nio

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say ➜ 所謂【いわゆる】

noun:

• this corrupt or degenerate world; this world or life; the world of mankind - Buddhism term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to leave to chance; to resign oneself to one's fate; to leave the rest to heaven - idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land) ➜ 開く【ひらく】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make one's way in the world; to earn one's living; to live - idiom