expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority - from the weaker player in a game of go being allowed to place an extra stone as a handicap - idiom

expression / noun:

• my lord; my master; one's own lord; one's own master - in kyogen, etc.

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to attract someone's affection
• to sound out somebody
• to get one's hooks into

expression:

• thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one

noun:

• child in elementary or middle school
• go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator; intercessor ➜ 仲人【ちゅうにん】
• person of middling talent, strength, etc. ［ちゅうじん］ - archaism
• middle-class person; bourgeois person ［ちゅうじん］ - archaism

noun:

• hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 迷い箸

noun:

• hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 惑い箸

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy - humble language ➜ 貰う
• to eat; to drink - humble language - polite language
• to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top) - orig. meaning
• to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president)

auxiliary verb / godan ~く verb:

• to get somebody to do something - follows a verb in "-te" form - humble language ➜ 貰う【もらう】

noun:

• the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to do as one wishes; to get one's way - archaism
• to be proud; to boast - archaism

noun:

• sign staked to a building's ridgepole at construction time stating the building's donor, builder, date, reason for construction, etc.

noun:

• School of Diplomacy; one of the Schools of Thought during the Warring States period in China ➜ 諸子百家【しょしひゃっか】

noun / ~する noun:

• replacing the old with the new; the old giving way to the new - four character idiom

expression:

• the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

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

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to divert (e.g. one's attention); to evade (e.g a question); to change (e.g. the subject)
• to displease; to annoy; to offend; to upset - usu. in negative form
• to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• abstinence from salt (for vow or spiritual reasons)

noun:

• grill or grate for toasting rice cakes

noun:

• (Edo-period) room for confining criminals or lunatics

noun:

• nickname for such names as Haruo or Haruko

noun:

• mouth; speech ［く］ - Buddhism term

suffix / counter:

• counter for people or implements - usu. こう

noun / ~する noun:

• curdle

noun:

• bundle; rack for storage or transport; stillage - From French "cadre"

noun:

• defensive opening for shogi ("badger" or "anaguma" castle)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.) - sometimes used as a pickup line - colloquialism