noun / ~する noun:

• cutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle; cutting in a way that blunts or rounds the cut ➜ 削ぐ

noun:

• sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth) ➜ 炬燵

adjective:

• fast; quick; hasty; brisk - esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い
• early (in the day, etc.); premature - esp. 早い
• (too) soon; not yet; (too) early - esp. 早い
• easy; simple; quick - esp. 早い ➜ 手っ取り早い

adjectival noun / noun:

• liked; well-liked; favourite; favorite Antonym: 嫌い【きらい】
• in love (with); loved; romantically interested (in)

noun / adjectival noun:

• faddism; eccentricity
• the way one likes; (as) it suits one

adverb:

• too; also; likewise; either ➜ 矢張り【やはり】
• still; as before ➜ 矢張り【やはり】
• even so; either way; after all; nonetheless; in any event; all the same ➜ 矢張り【やはり】
• as expected ➜ 矢張り【やはり】

~する noun:

• to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); to hold one's service (tennis)

noun:

• quipu; quippu

noun:

• sign staked to a building's ridgepole at construction time stating the building's donor, builder, date, reason for construction, etc.

noun:

• woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute ➜ 商売人

expression:

• persevering through something difficult makes one stronger; whatever doesn't kill us only makes us stronger; slow but steady wins the race - proverb

expression / noun:

• pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

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:

• pilaf topped with bechemal or other cheese-based sauce, then oven baked - named after the Doria family of Genoa - From Italian "Doria"
• casserole dish dedicated to the Doria family, often with green, white and red colours

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to push out; to project; to stick out
• to hand over (e.g. to the police)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be packed to the hilt [literal] ➜ 切羽【せっぱ】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to float; to rise to the surface
• to stand out; to be visible
• to be alienated

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; to gather chestnuts from the fire [literal] - orig. from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de La Fontaine - idiom

noun:

• door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hoist one's sail when the wind is fair; to get one's time to shine - idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

godan ~す verb:

• to drive into the ground (e.g. car); to ride to death (e.g. horse)

expression / godan ~う verb:

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

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

ichidan verb / transitive:

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