noun:

• taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things
• starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto)
• resuming work after the New Year's vacation ➜ 仕事始め

noun:

• hit
• success
• guess; prediction
• affability; friendliness
• sensation; touch
• bruise (on fruit)
• situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move (in the game of go)
• bite (of a fish on a hook); strike - also written as 魚信 ➜ 魚信

suffix:

• per; each

noun:

• prefectural senior high school (in Tokyo Metropolitan Area); public senior high school (in Tokyo Metropolitan Area) ➜ 県立高等学校

noun:

• type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish; type of long chopsticks used to hold the fish in carving knife ceremony

noun:

• renting a house in the same block of houses as somebody else ➜ 相借家【あいじゃくや】
• person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself ➜ 相借家【あいじゃくや】

noun:

• renting a house in the same block of houses as somebody else ➜ 相店【あいだな】
• person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself ➜ 相店【あいだな】

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; desperately; frantically; for dear life; all-out effort; sticking at living in and defending one place - four character idiom ➜ 一生懸命
• sticking at living in one place

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to finger; to touch; to play with; to fiddle with; to toy with
• to make changes to; to tinker with; to tamper with ［いじる］
• to dabble in; to do as a hobby; to play around with ［いじる］
• to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.) ［まさぐる］

noun:

• strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; maelstrom - from 鳴門海峡
• kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern - abbreviation ➜ 鳴門巻き
• cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern - Food term
• Naruto; city in NE Tokushima pref ［鳴門］
• Naruto Strait ［鳴門］ - from 鳴門海峡 - abbreviation
• Naruto wakame ［鳴門］ - abbreviation ➜ 鳴門若布【なるとわかめ】

noun:

• dropping; losing - abbreviation
• missing item; something one forgot to write down
• trap
• wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed
• conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 落とし掛け

adverbial noun / temporal noun / suffix:

• ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour) ➜ 前【ぜん】
• in front (of); before (e.g. the house)
• head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part
• in the presence of
• helping; portion ➜ 人前【にんまえ】
• privates; private parts

noun:

• getting one's finger caught (e.g. in a door); getting one's finger pinched; jamming one's finger in a door ➜ 指を詰める
• yakuza finger-cutting ritual

godan ~つ verb:

• to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
• to possess; to have; to own
• to maintain; to keep
• to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive
• to take charge of; to be in charge of

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet
• to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to make up to; to gain someone's trust
• to get in close to one's opponent - Martial Arts, Sumo term

noun:

• kindling burned in shrines and temples - archaism
• special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year) - archaism
• kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryo period - archaism

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to get dark; to grow dark
• to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to close
• to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought); to be overcome with

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line - 建ち並ぶ refers to buildings
• to be equal to; to be on a par with ［立ち並ぶ・立並ぶ］

expression / adverb:

• by all means; at any cost; no matter what; at any rate; surely
• whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; willy-nilly
• on no account; by no means - with. neg. verb
• in the end; in the long run; after all; eventually

adjectival noun / noun:

• upper part

noun:

• upper stream; upper course of a river ［かみて］
• right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV) ［かみて］

adjectival noun / noun:

• skillful (only in comparisons); dexterity (only in comparisons) ［うわて］

noun:

• over-arm grip on opponent's belt ［うわて］ - Sumo term

noun:

• seen in the dark or at a distance; (a woman) looking prettier when seen in the dark or at a distance - four character idiom

noun:

• prefectural senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures); public senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures) ➜ 県立高等学校

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to look out on; to overlook; to front onto
• to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to be confronted by
• to deal with (an issue)
• to attend (e.g. a function); to appear (e.g. in court); to be present at; to take part in

~する verb (spec.):

• to face (each other); to be facing
• to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to
• to receive (a client, etc.)
• to compare with; to contrast with; to be in opposition with; to be opposed to
• to confront; to oppose; to compete with

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to face (each other); to be facing ➜ 対する
• to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to
• to receive (a client, etc.)
• to compare with; to contrast with; to be in opposition with; to be opposed to
• to confront; to oppose; to compete with

noun:

• seven emotions (in The Book of Rites: joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, desire); seven emotions (in Buddhism: joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate, desire)
• seven effects (of a traditional Chinese medicine)