noun:

• large hole
• great deficit; heavy losses
• big and unexpected winnings; a killing (e.g. on a race)
• dark horse (horse racing)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to choose at one's own discretion
• to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

noun:

• water and sky
• Varuna; Vedic god of water and sky (adopted into Buddhism as god of water and protector of the west)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to read (a book); to open (a book) to read
• to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to go through; to pass through
• to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon); to evade (the law)

noun:

• bell with wooden clapper
• leader; guide (of the public)

noun:

• (printed) itinerary
• road map; program (for the solution of a political problem, etc.) ➜ ロードマップ

noun:

• steamed rice (esp. cold rice reheated by steaming it)
• mochi rice with red beans steamed in a steaming basket; rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions) ➜ こわめし

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to use completely; to use up; to exhaust
• to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone) ➜ 愛想を尽かす

expression / ichidan verb:

• to check (in chess)
• to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody) - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• going to serve one's lord

noun:

• daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era) - abbreviation ➜ 参勤交代

noun:

• soil
• breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)

noun / ~する noun:

• pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; overlooking
• leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

noun:

• time; hour; moment - 刻 signifies a time of day; 秋 signifies an important time
• occasion; case ［時］
• chance; opportunity; season ［時］
• the times; the age; the day ［時］
• tense ［時］ - Linguistics term

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

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk)
• to corrode; to weather; to crumble
• to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice)
• to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt
• to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down ➜ 気が腐る【きがくさる】

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to have the audacity to; to be bastard enough to - after the -masu stem of a verb; indicates scorn or disdain for another's action - usually written using kana alone - Kansai dialect ➜ やがる

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose a bet - archaism
• to be drenched; to become sopping wet - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge
• to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to let (a person) off
• to withdraw (cash)
• to wear (clothing) for the first time
• to fillet (e.g. a fish)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be caught in; to be stuck in
• to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to be delayed; to take time
• to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to be involved with
• to fall for (a trick); to be deceived; to be cheated
• to be on one's mind; to worry one; to be bothered by; to feel uneasy
• to be obstructed; to be hindered
• to splash

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to descend; to go down; to come down
• to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
• to pass (of time)
• to surrender; to capitulate
• to be less than; to be inferior to - often in neg. form
• to have the runs; to have diarrhea - also written as 瀉る ➜ 腹が下る
• to pass (in stool); to be discharged from the body
• to depreciate oneself; to be humble - archaism

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at
• to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
• to estimate; to guess; to suspect; to judge
• to keep an eye on someone (e.g. a suspicious or untrustworthy person); to watch - often as 睨まれる ➜ 睨まれる
• to take account of; to take into consideration

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to look up (at)
• to look up to; to respect; to revere
• to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to turn to (someone) for
• to depend on; to rely on
• to gulp down; to quaff; to drink

noun / ~の noun:

• main body (of troops)
• nucleus; backbone; mainstay; key figure
• center field; centre field; center fielder; centre fielder

noun:

• athlete competing in the middle-number match in a team competition, i.e. second in 3-on-3, third in 5-on-5 (kendo, judo, etc.) ➜ 先鋒【せんぽう】

noun / ~の noun:

• medium-level; mid-level; midsize

noun:

• hanging; something hanging (i.e. a flap, lappet, etc.)
• sauce for dipping, etc. made from soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and dashi - also タレ - usually written using kana alone
• (in kendo) loin guard
• kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character

suffix noun:

• -ass; -head - used after a noun or na-adjective indicating someone's nature; also ったれ - derogatory term

particle:

• if ... then; when
• and - often ...も...ば...も...
• why don't you...?
• the more (one does something) - often ...ば...ほど
• because; since - archaism

noun:

• H; h

adjectival noun / noun:

• indecent; lewd; frisky; sexy - from 変態 - usually written using kana alone ➜ 変態【へんたい】

noun / ~する noun:

• sexual intercourse; copulation - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism

prefix:

• nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-) - abbreviation ➜ 平成

noun:

• hydrogen (H) ［Ｈ］ - abbreviation