godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to pattern after; to imitate
• to symbolise

noun / ~の noun:

• flip; luck-pusher; frivolous person; person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person

noun:

• reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter

noun:

• Scopes Trial (landmark US trial on the teaching of evolution in public schools, 1925); Scopes Monkey Trial

noun:

• rigging (a ship, aircraft, etc.)
• rigging; gear; tackle
• rigging; in animation, a hierarchy of virtual skeletal bones ［リギング］

noun:

• picture-matching (with card games, etc.); matching pictures
• picture-matching contest (popular in the Heian period); e-awase

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to munch; to crunch
• to dabble in; to have a smattering of

noun:

• staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸

noun:

• rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month) ➜ 神迎え
• exorcism

adjective:

• low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.) Antonym: 高い・高い
• low (position); close to the ground
• short (height)
• deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)

noun / ~する noun:

• control (of a machine, device, etc.)
• control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management; suppression; keeping in check

noun:

• style of speaking in which the speaker gives the end of each sentence or phrase a higher intonation - From English "up talk"

noun:

• crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in New Guinea); Salvadori's monitor; Papua monitor; artellia

noun:

• courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party) ➜ 謙譲語ＩＩ

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tie; to fasten; to tighten Antonym: 緩める
• to wear (necktie, belt); to put on
• to total; to sum ➜ 〆る【しめる】
• to be strict with ➜ 緊める【しめる】
• to economize; to economise; to cut down on
• to salt; to marinate; to pickle; to make sushi adding a mixture of vinegar and salt

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a clatter - onomatopoeia
• with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather) - onomatopoeia
• nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• cheerfully; frankly; open-heartedly - onomatopoeia
• completely (forget, change, etc.); totally - onomatopoeia

suffix:

• keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use - negative nuance, with the state being improper, unpleasant, etc.

noun:

• place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains
• mountain recess ［やまかげ］

noun:

• incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar - Buddhism term ➜ 実化
• embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

noun:

• applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party

noun:

• group of mountain nomads (in Japan); group of mountain people; the Sanka

noun:

• this duty; this task; this job

pronoun:

• I (as the person in charge of this task)

noun:

• business region; marketing area; commercial sphere; trading area; region in which a business operates

noun:

• chance; opportunity

noun / suffix noun:

• machine
• aircraft

counter:

• counter for aircraft
• counter for remaining lives (in video games)