expression / godan ~す verb:

• to cast a shadow; to appear
• to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)

noun:

• various medicines; medical treatment
• supper in a Zen temple; rice porridge served for supper in a Zen temple

noun / ~する noun:

• fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely

noun:

• telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece
• making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call ➜ 電話口に出る【でんわぐちにでる】

expression / adjective:

• sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue ➜ 口の悪い

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby - colloquialism ➜ 泥のように眠る

noun / ~する noun:

• realization of a great ambition; realisation of a great ambition - four character idiom

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to till a rice paddy; to plough a rice paddy (plow)

noun:

• salted entrails of a sea cucumber; salted entrails of a trepang ➜ 海鼠【こ】

noun:

• head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be a bit hungry; to be a bit peckish ➜ 小腹【こばら】・腹が空く【はらがすく】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby - idiom

noun:

• land owned by a Shinto shrine
• land owned by a company ➜ 社有地【しゃゆうち】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt) ➜ 土を固める【つちをかためる】
• to put together; to collect; to gather; to consolidate
• to make secure; to stabilize; to settle down; to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.); to establish (evidence) ➜ 身を固める【みをかためる】
• to fortify; to reinforce; to support ➜ 国境を固める【こっきょうをかためる】・嘘で固める【うそでかためる】
• to wear for a specific purpose (armor, coat, etc.) - in the form に身をかためる
• to swear; to resolutely vow; to sincerely promise
• to tie tightly; to fasten
• to hold a bow fully drawn

expression:

• family members should fall into line with the head of the family even if his taste is a little odd, like wearing a red eboshi, which is ordinarily black - proverb ➜ 烏帽子

adverb / noun:

• the deepest bottom of the earth; never; not ... at all; on no account; for all the world; till doomsday

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to pattern after; to imitate
• to symbolise

noun:

• Scopes Trial (landmark US trial on the teaching of evolution in public schools, 1925); Scopes Monkey Trial

expression / adjective:

• (something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened - after the past tense form of a verb
• never happens; there is never a time when

noun:

• place containing a Buddhist image
• place containing a buddha (e.g. the pure land) ➜ 極楽・浄土
• independent workshop of Buddhist sculptors (from the Heian period onward) ➜ 造仏所

noun:

• Man of the Year, referring to a man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year

noun:

• Woman of the Year, referring to a woman born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year

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

• to insist on; to cling to; to adhere to - archaism

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to wield a baton; to swing a baton
• to lead; to direct; to command - colloquialism ➜ 采配を振る

noun:

• appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.
• literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning
• face (of a printing type)