noun:

• model; dummy; mock-up
• model (profession); fashion model
• model (of a car, etc.); make; version
• model; example; template; standard
• model (in model theory); theory
• person a fictional character was modeled on; inspiration

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pull up; to drag up; to lift up
• to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes)
• to withdraw; to leave; to pull out; to retire
• to promote (someone to a higher position)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to return home

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to expedite the schedule - archaism

noun:

• one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one goal, home run, etc.; one telephone call ➜ 本【ほん】
• one version
• one book; a certain book
• ippon; one point; a blow - Martial Arts term
• experienced geisha ➜ 半玉【はんぎょく】

suffix noun:

• single-minded focus on ... - after a noun, usu. as 〜一本で, 〜一本に, etc.

noun:

• ticket; token; check; receipt
• label; tag
• sign; card; plate
• playing card
• charm; talisman ➜ 守り札
• slip of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims

noun:

• shot; charge; explosion
• blow; punch
• home run - Baseball term

noun / adverbial noun:

• try; attempt

noun:

• win on the first go-around after calling riichi - Mahjong term

noun:

• sickle
• sickle-and-chain (weapon) - abbreviation ➜ 鎖鎌
• spear with curved cross-blades - abbreviation ➜ 鎌槍
• gooseneck tenon and mortise joint - abbreviation ➜ 鎌継
• noisiness - archaism
• part of a fish around the gills - usually written using kana alone

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)

adverb:

• sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole) - onomatopoeia
• easily
• suddenly
• completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly
• disappointing
• curling up into the fetal position; going to sleep suddenly

adverb / ~する noun:

• roughly; approximately; loosely - onomatopoeia
• cutting or breaking apart with vigour - onomatopoeia
• deeply (cut or split) - onomatopoeia
• rough (woollens, etc., as adjectival phrase with (to)shita) - onomatopoeia
• sound of treading on pebbles - onomatopoeia

noun:

• leader of a (large) group ➜ 小頭
• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp ➜ 大纛
• leader of a (large) group
• puffbird (any bird of family Bucconidae) - usually written using kana alone
• first makushita rikishi listed on the banzuke - Sumo term

auxiliary verb:

• (I) will; (I) shall - on non-五段 stem, e.g. 食べる→食べよう; indicates intention
• let's - on non-五段 stem; indicates suggestion or invitation
• (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); maybe; perhaps; perchance - on non-五段 stem; indicates speculation

interjection:

• hey; yo; hi - familiar language

particle:

• come on; hey - empathetic version of よ ➜ よ

noun:

• any of a number of lists of three enlightened men, including (but not limited to): Buddha, Confucius and Christ
• Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha
• Fu Xi, King Wen and Confucius
• Yao, Shun and Yu
• Yu, the Duke of Zhou, Confucius

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards ➜ 余
• beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that)
• above-mentioned; foregoing
• since ...; seeing that ...
• this is all; that is the end; the end

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to collapse; to crumble
• to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to become disorganized; to become untidy
• to break down; to be thrown into disarray
• to crash (stock market); to slump; to decline
• to break money into small change
• to turn bad (e.g. weather); to change for the worse; to deteriorate

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to select; to choose
• to diagnose (an illness); to judge
• to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror)
• to see someone off
• to look after; to be (someone's) guardian
• to underrate; to look down on; to underestimate (someone)

noun / suffix:

• place; spot; scene; site - also pronounced どころ when a suffix
• address
• district; area; locality
• one's house
• point; aspect; side; facet ➜ いいとこ
• passage (in text); part
• space; room
• thing; matter

noun:

• whereupon; as a result - after the plain past form of a verb
• about to; on the verge of - after present form of a verb
• was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing - after past form of a verb

adjectival noun / adverb / noun / ~の noun:

• amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic)
• full
• one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat

adverb / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• fully; to capacity - usually written using kana alone
• a lot; much - usually written using kana alone

suffix noun / adverbial noun:

• all of ...; the entire ... - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• border; boundary - usu. さかい
• turning point; watershed ［さかい］ - often ...を境に
• area; region; spot; space; environment - usu. きょう
• psychological state; mental state - usu. きょう
• cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind ［きょう］ - Buddhism term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to scatter; to cause a shower of
• to disperse; to distribute; to spread
• to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve; to get rid of; to cure
• to distract; to divert - as 気を散らす, etc. ➜ 気を散らす

suffix / godan ~す verb:

• to do ... wildly (i.e. disorderly or frequently); to do ... all over the place - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun:

• speech; tongue; talk; eloquence ［弁・辯］

suffix noun:

• dialect; brogue; accent ［弁・辯］

noun:

• bento; Japanese box lunch ［弁・辨］ - abbreviation ➜ 弁当【べんとう】
• petal ［弁・瓣］ ➜ 花弁【はなびら】

noun / ~の noun:

• valve ［弁・瓣］

noun:

• Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices ［弁・辨］ ➜ 太政官・弁官

interjection:

• yes; yeah; uh huh ➜ うん
• huh?; what?

auxiliary verb / suffix:

• not - negative verb ending used in informal speech; abbr. of negative verb ending ぬ ➜ ぬ

particle:

• 's - abbr. of particle の; indicates possessive ➜ の・の
• at (place, time); in; on; during - abbr. of particle に, used esp. when it precedes the verb なる ➜ に

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter
• to be sooty; to be smoke-stained ［くすぶる・ふすぶる］
• to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder ［くすぶる］
• to seclude oneself ［くすぶる・ふすぶる］
• to live in obscurity; to stay in the same level (of social position, circumstances, etc.) ［くすぶる］

adjective:

• near; close; short (distance)
• close (in time); soon
• close (relationship); friendly; intimate
• closely related
• similar; likeworthy; almost the same

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to roll; to tumble
• to fall over; to roll over
• to lie down
• to be scattered about; to be lying around
• (of a situation or outcome) to change; to turn out
• to come easily; to be common; to fall into one's hands; to grow on trees

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to fit; to get into; to go into
• to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to satisfy (conditions)
• to fall into; to plunge into; to get stuck; to get caught
• to be deceived; to be taken in; to fall into a trap
• to be addicted to; to be deep into; to be crazy about; to be stuck on