adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• worst Antonym: 最良

adjectival noun / interjection:

• horrible; horrid; awful; terrible - colloquialism

adverb:

• in the worst case; if worst comes to worst - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• floating (e.g. in air, water); floatation; buoyancy; buoying up (e.g. economy)

noun / ~する noun:

• being buried
• remaining unknown; being forgotten
• being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to boil up; to seethe
• to get excited; to be in an uproar

noun:

• capital (of a column) - Architecture term
• stigma; top part of the pistil in a flower - Biology term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stab; to thrust (into)
• to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

noun:

• Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star - Astronomy term ➜ ポラリス

adverb:

• for a moment; even as a joke; even in the slightest degree

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to linger (faint light of twilight); to remain lit in the lingering twilight ➜ 明け残る

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to rotate in one's hands; to treat; to manage; to dispose of

noun:

• rising tone (in Chinese)
• (of a Japanese accent) having a high, flat tone

noun:

• Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star - obscure term - Astronomy term ➜ ポラリス

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop ➜ 高ずる

noun / ~する noun:

• sending material to press (as in printing); uploading material to print service provider

noun:

• silent profile (in cell phones); silent mode; vibrate mode - From English "manner mode"

noun / ~する noun:

• giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (somebody) strongly in a loud voice - four character idiom

noun:

• chief actor in a kabuki play; star actor; leading actors of a troupe - four character idiom

godan ~る verb:

• to lurk; to hover in the background
• to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously

noun:

• 'ra'-removed word (i.e. lacking the 'ra' in the 'rareru' verb conjunction)

expression:

• ill omened (as in "Don't say such an ill omened thing!"); unlucky

noun:

• large stone; boulder
• large group of stones (in the game of go)

expression:

• at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else

expression:

• in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short ➜ 早く言えば

expression:

• in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short ➜ 手っ取り早く言えば

noun:

• soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba