noun:

• person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance) ➜ 立方【たちかた】
• person singing ballads (in noh)
• coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore
• the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a temple; visiting a temple
• joining a temple as a priest or head priest - obscure term

expression:

• (as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; fact - from ことでは
• (it is a ~) thing; matter; fact - from ことじゃ, equiv. to ことだ - Kansai dialect

noun:

• group of languages (i.e. the Romance languages, considered as a subset of the Italic languages)
• group of words

expression / adverb:

• well; properly; suitably
• best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of; please do
• just like ...; as though one were ... - as ...よろしく
• by all means; of course - as よろしく…べし

noun:

• compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison
• as I see it; by my estimate - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee
• going inside a shop
• opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)

noun:

• part of the fabric that is tucked closest to the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) ➜ 上前

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; flaky (as in pastry) - onomatopoeia
• crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; proceeding smoothly - onomatopoeia
• sound of pouring liquid - onomatopoeia - archaism
• speaking clearly - onomatopoeia - archaism

noun:

• vital part (of the body); tender spot; weak point; vitals
• key point; essential point; crux (of a problem); heart (of a matter)
• male crotch (as a target in fighting) - colloquialism ➜ 金的

noun:

• chilled syrup; soft drink of malt syrup mixed with boiling water, ginger juice, grated ginger, sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink, similar to ginger ale) - Food term ➜ 飴湯

noun:

• voice
• singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); hoot
• voice; opinion (as expressed in words); view; wish; attitude; will
• sound
• sense (of something's arrival); feeling - usu. as ～の声を聞く
• voice; voiced sound - Linguistics term

noun:

• large cut (e.g. of meat) ［大切り・大切］
• last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.

noun:

• Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
• Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido ➜ 和人地

noun:

• breaking up a match on doctor's orders (in boxing, etc.) - From English "doctor stop"
• being ordered by one's doctor to give up such habits as drinking, smoking, overeating, etc.

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• auxiliary verb indicating the causative - せる is for 五段 verbs, させる for 一段; follows the imperfective form of (v5) and (vs) verbs; senses 1-3 of せる are sometimes abbreviated as 〜す
• auxiliary verb indicating that one has been granted the permission to do something - usu. as 〜(さ)せてもらう, 〜(さ)せていただく, etc. - humble language
• auxiliary verb used as an honorific for others' actions - as 〜(さ)せられる, 〜あら(さ)せられる, 〜(さ)せ給う, etc. - honorific language

suffix / ~の noun:

• -clad - after an article of clothing
• in the midst of - after a -masu stem - usually written using kana alone
• tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price) - after a number in the ichi, ni counting system
• times (i.e. multiplied by) - after a number in the hitotsu, futatsu counting system
• able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.) - after a number of people

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent
• to resonate clearly (e.g. voice)
• to become serene; to become tranquil; to be free of worries
• to pronounce as an unvoiced sound ➜ 清音

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise one's hand or hands - usu. 手を挙げる
• to surrender - usu. 手を上げる
• to raise a hand to someone (as a threat to strike) - usu. 手を上げる
• to improve - usu. 手を上げる ➜ 腕を上げる

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to love one's child too much for their own good; to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun [literal] - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• running alone; running solo
• having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else)
• having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes; arbitrary action

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to love one's child too much for their own good; to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun [literal] - obscure term

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem
• to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

noun / ~の noun:

• pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose
• letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving at large (e.g. a criminal)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to decorate
• to pretend; to feign; to affect; to disguise oneself as