~する verb (irregular):

• to do; to carry out; to perform
• to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
• to serve as; to act as; to work as
• to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
• to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as - as 〜にする,〜とする
• to decide on; to choose - as 〜にする

~する verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) - as 〜がする
• to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
• to be worth; to cost
• to pass (of time); to elapse

~する verb (irregular) / transitive:

• to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B - as AをBにする
• to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B - as AをBにする
• to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B - as AをBにする
• to feel A about B - as AをBにする

suffix / ~する verb (irregular):

• verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")

auxiliary verb / ~する verb (irregular):

• creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go") ➜ お願いします・御
• to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to - as 〜うとする,〜ようとする ➜ とする

noun / ~の noun:

• rule; regulation
• settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement
• habit; custom; habitual way ➜ 御決まり
• countenance in front of another person; face - usu. as 決まりが悪い, etc. ➜ 決まりが悪い
• love relationship between a customer and a prostitute - archaism

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

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to raise; to bring to (someone's attention)
• to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to play on (one's sympathies) ➜ 理性に訴える
• to complain
• to sue (a person); to take someone to court
• to resort to (e.g. arms, violence) ➜ 暴力に訴える

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at
• to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
• to estimate; to guess; to suspect; to judge
• to keep an eye on someone (e.g. a suspicious or untrustworthy person); to watch - often as 睨まれる ➜ 睨まれる
• to take account of; to take into consideration

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind
• to set free; to release; to let loose
• to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
• to send out (a person to carry out a duty)
• to set fire to - in the form 火を放つ ➜ 火を放つ

adjectival noun / adverb / ~する noun:

• sticky - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied) - onomatopoeia
• all over (pasting, stamping, etc.) - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• clinging (e.g. of a person); following around; being all over (each other); flirting - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• cliched; hackneyed - colloquialism ➜ べた

noun:

• highly virtuous monk
• monk - honorific language
• Buddhist solitary
• Buddhist missionary ➜ 高野聖
• saint (i.e. a virtuous person)
• emperor - archaism - honorific language
• master; expert - in form 〜の聖

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• self-proclaimed; self-professed; self-styled; would-be

noun / ~する noun:

• professing oneself to be; calling oneself; describing oneself as

noun:

• first person - Linguistics term

noun / ~の noun:

• fast runner
• swift horse; fleet steed
• talented person; brilliant person ［俊足］

noun / ~する noun:

• massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage)

noun:

• masseur; masseuse; massager - sensitive
• blind person (as many were traditionally massagers) - archaism - colloquialism

noun:

• repeater (e.g. signal processing, communications)
• frequent guest; repeat customer; patron ➜ リピーター客・常連客

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• person who repeats actions

adjectival noun:

• honest; respectable

noun:

• respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.)
• person in a respectable occupation

noun / ~の noun:

• early ripening rice - usu. 早稲
• early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.) - usu. 早生
• person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age - usu. 早生

noun / ~する noun:

• going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; sleeping - children's language

noun:

• baby
• childish person (esp. a young woman)

noun:

• accredited master (of a performing art)
• being famous; being popular
• famous person

noun:

• office; official - usu. 官,司,寮 - archaism
• chief; head - usu. 首,長
• (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies ［司］

noun:

• sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger
• mimeograph - abbreviation ➜ がり版
• reprimand; rebuke; censure; reproof - usu. as がりを食う
• overly skinny person - slang - derogatory term ➜ がりがり

expression / noun:

• superior; boss; higher-up
• them (as opposed to "us")
• person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)

noun:

• recipient; receiver; acceptor; taker
• skilled practitioner (of judo, sumo, etc.) - Martial Arts, Sumo term
• person who picks up the cards (in karuta games) ➜ 読み手

interjection:

• impossible; futile - From Chinese "bugouben"

noun:

• type of children's game
• Chinese person; Chink - derogatory term - obsolete term

noun:

• Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea)
• click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)
• obsequious person

noun:

• white
• striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus) ➜ 鯔【ぼら】
• speech; one's lines ➜ せりふ
• white dragon tile - Mahjong term
• winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles - Mahjong term
• white person; Caucasian - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 白人

prefix noun / suffix noun / noun:

• Belgium - abbreviation - obscure term ➜ ベルギー

noun:

• playboy; libertine; profligate; debauchee
• (professional) gambler
• person without a steady job; idler; freeloader

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