ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) - usu. 勤める
• to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) - usu. 務める
• to conduct a religious service - usu. 勤める

noun:

• kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character
• kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to shake off; to shake free from
• to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing
• to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
• to reject (request); to ignore

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to strike; to clap; to knock; to beat; to tap; to pat
• to play drums
• to abuse; to flame (e.g. on the Internet); to insult
• to consult; to sound out
• to brag; to talk big
• to call; to invoke (e.g. a function) - IT term

expression:

• avarice brings doom upon oneself; if a hawk-eagle tries to catch two boars at once, the boars will try to run in opposite directions, splitting the hawk-eagle into two and killing it - proverb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to inform (of) ➜ 聞かせる
• to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to drum into (someone) ➜ 聞かせる
• to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by ➜ 聞かせる

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to inform (of)
• to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to drum into (someone)
• to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to have the means to buy - idiom
• to be near (a certain age) - idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tie; to fasten; to tighten Antonym: 緩める
• to wear (necktie, belt); to put on
• to total; to sum ➜ 〆る【しめる】
• to be strict with ➜ 緊める【しめる】
• to economize; to economise; to cut down on
• to salt; to marinate; to pickle; to make sushi adding a mixture of vinegar and salt

noun:

• love call; calling out to someone with love or good will
• phone call to a loved one
• fervent request; heartfelt appeal; passionate call to action

noun:

• placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow; ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow ➜ 雪折れ

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to line up; to set up; to arrange in a line
• to enumerate; to itemize
• to be equal (to); to compare well (with); to be as good (as)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to decoy; to lure
• to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file) - IT term

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves)

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to do with reckless abandon

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind - slang

noun:

• external character; user-defined character; character not included in the JIS character set - IT term
• kanji not included in the jōyō or jinmeiyō list ➜ 常用漢字・人名用漢字
• foreign letters (esp. of a western language); foreign writing

adverb:

• continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way - ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic
• much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
• far away; long ago
• direct; straight

noun:

• heavenly god; heavenly gods - also pronounced てんしん
• spirit of Sugawara no Michizane
• Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit) ➜ 天満宮
• pit of a dried plum; dried plum - colloquialism ➜ 梅干し
• tenjin hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 天神髷
• prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to run into; to collide with; to crash into; to bump against
• to come to the end of (a street)
• to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; making food oneself; self-catering
• scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to work; to labor; to labour
• to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play
• to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice
• to be conjugated - Linguistics term

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.)
• to face (e.g. east); to look out on
• to point to
• to be suited to; to be fit for
• to go in the direction of; to lean towards (of a feeling)

noun / ~の noun:

• for the time being; for the present; temporarily; for a time
• immediate; present; current
• for some time (after)
• current account ➜ 当座預金

noun:

• (sound of) wind through pine trees; soughing of wind through pine trees
• (metaphorically) sound of a boiling tea kettle

expression / ichidan verb:

• to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options
• to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools ➜ 両天秤を掛ける

ichidan verb:

• to put something on someone's back; to make someone carry something ➜ 負う
• to lay responsibility on someone; to charge someone with a duty
• to inflict injury on someone