noun:

• life in a dormitory; dormitory life

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled
• to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby

adverb:

• after all; in the end; ultimately; eventually

noun / ~の noun:

• conclusion; end ➜ 結局のところ

noun:

• end of a game of go, shogi, etc. ➜ 終局

noun / ~の noun:

• position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game
• aspect of an affair; situation

expression / noun:

• before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose
• immediate; imminent; around the corner

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to take along; to hold in the hand
• to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist) ➜ 下げる【さげる】

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge - Sumo term
• to punch hard; to hit hard

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a hit; to have a great success (e.g. in business, with a play, etc.)

noun:

• first tone in old Chinese phonetics; level tone
• (of a Japanese accent) having a low, flat tone

noun:

• (school) class change; class shuffle; rearrangement of which students are in which teacher's class

noun:

• female plant (esp. a woody plant); gynoecious plant ➜ 男木【おぎ】
• indented part of a wooden joint (in construction) ➜ 男木【おぎ】

noun:

• male plant (esp. a woody plant); androecious plant ➜ 女木
• tenoned part of a wooden joint (in construction) ➜ 女木

noun:

• School of Diplomacy; one of the Schools of Thought during the Warring States period in China ➜ 諸子百家【しょしひゃっか】

noun:

• the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)
• varna (each of the four Hindu castes) ➜ ヴァルナ

noun:

• pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.)
• one (on dice, in cards, etc.) - From Portuguese "pinta"
• beginning; best ➜ キリ
• kickback

noun:

• profile; face in profile; face seen from the side
• (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

noun / ~する noun:

• payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment ➜ 前払い
• payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls) ➜ 着払い【ちゃくばらい】

noun:

• forerunner

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to leave nothing undone; to do all in one's might; to do everything possible

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air - usu. as 真面目くさった or 真面目くさって

noun:

• only this; this much

noun / ~の noun:

• this small amount (degree, extent)

noun:

• (not) in the slightest; (not) at all - as こればかりも with neg. verb

noun:

• (member of the generation born in) the first nine years of the Shōwa period (from 1926 to 1934) - four character idiom

noun:

• six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu) ➜ 三途の川

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc)
• to apply concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods

noun:

• crow in the mountains
• jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) ➜ ハシブトガラス
• rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus) ➜ ミヤマガラス
• dark-skinned person - archaism - derogatory term