noun:

• Japanese reading of a kanji (sometimes esp. in ref. to readings that do not correspond to the orig. Chinese meaning of the kanji)

expression / noun:

• good thing; nice thing ➜ いい事【いいこと】
• good excuse; good grounds; good opportunity - usu. as 〜を良いことに(して) ➜ いい事【いいこと】

interjection:

• interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response - female language ➜ いい事【いいこと】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind; to be surprised

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hang (hold) back; to hold off; to refrain; to reduce or cut back on
• to jot down a note

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; of various colours
• diverse; of all kinds; all manners of; a variety of

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to fail to hear something; to miss
• to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
• to take a tea break; to rest

expression:

• don't lend money to a man who doesn't have an erection in the morning (because he's not healthy and might die before he can repay) - archaism - proverb

godan ~く verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to blow (e.g. wind); to play a wind instrument
• to whistle
• to laugh; to burst into laughter - often as 吹いた - slang ➜ 吹き出す【ふきだす】

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to smelt; to mint
• to brag; to talk big

noun:

• novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman - four character idiom

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to distribute; to arrange; to allot (to a position of authority, etc.) ➜ 配る
• to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating)
• to marry off - archaism
• to exile; to banish - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to distribute; to arrange; to allot (to a position of authority, etc.) ➜ 配する
• to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating)
• to marry off
• to exile; to banish

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture
• to be folded
• to give in; to back down; to yield; to submit
• to turn (a corner) ➜ 曲がる

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape
• to put up a front; to pose; to pretend

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to connect; to link together
• to tie; to fasten; to restrain
• to maintain; to preserve; to keep
• to transfer (phone call); to put a person through
• to hedge; to buy or sell forward

noun:

• part alternation mark (symbol indicating the following words are taken from a song or that the person saying the words is singing); Unicode U+303D symbol

noun:

• Balcony of Appearances; balcony where the imperial family appears before the public
• (sports) interview platform; winner's platform; rostrum - colloquialism
• dancing platform (in a disco) - slang

noun / expression:

• visual novel; sound novel; interactive game resembling a mixed-media novel and featuring mostly static graphics

noun:

• study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation)
• English literature; British studies

noun:

• last departure (of a train, bus, etc.); last train; last bus ➜ 始発

noun / ~する noun:

• change in a bus route - four character idiom
• change in policy; policy change (reversal)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to write (to someone); to drop someone a line; to contact someone

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to form a line; to queue up; to line up

noun:

• living; being alive Antonym: 死に
• freshness; liveliness; vitality
• situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go)
• stet; leave as-is (proofreading) - usually イキ - usually written using kana alone

prefix:

• damned

noun:

• board; plank
• sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab
• cutting board; chopping board ➜ 俎板
• chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook - usu. as 板さん - abbreviation ➜ 板前・板場【いたば】
• stage (i.e. at a theatre)