noun / ~する noun:

• straining; draining

noun:

• drainer; strainer; colander
• cutwater (on ship); forefoot; drip (on building); flashing; throating; starling (on bridge)
• stone skipping; skipping rocks; ducks and drakes

noun / ~する noun:

• snipping the stem of a cut flower without raising it out of water

godan ~ぶ verb:

• to fly in the sky

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to appear in the newspaper

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to fly in the air

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bury in the ground

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to loom in the distance

ichidan verb:

• to melt in the fire

godan ~る verb:

• to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back

noun:

• carapace; shell
• 1st in rank; grade A
• instep; back of hand
• the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party; plaintiff (label in legal documents) ➜ 乙【おつ】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rise to the surface
• to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity)
• to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

noun:

• palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination ➜ 科挙
• examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination ➜ 式部省

noun:

• true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae)
• Oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa) ➜ 大和紙魚
• someone who is unable to apply what they have read - derogatory term

pronoun:

• this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) ➜ 何れ・其れ・彼【あれ】
• this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) - humble language
• now
• here - archaism
• I (me) - archaism
• certainly - archaism

noun:

• slide
• change (in value or situation); proportional change

~する noun:

• to slide; to slip
• to change (in value, e.g. with a sliding scale); to change (in situation)

noun:

• dried small sardines, etc. used to make fish stock ➜ 煮干し
• person in bank transfer scam whose role it is to withdraw the cash - slang

noun:

• Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze
• Wu; Southern Wu; kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era (902-937)
• Wu; Eastern Wu; Sun Wu; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era (222-280) ➜ 三国【さんごく】
• Wu; kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era (11th c. - 473 BCE)

noun:

• ripple; ring on the water
• repercussions
• Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound - Music term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to go; to come; to call - humble language
• to be defeated; to collapse; to die
• to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
• to be madly in love
• to visit (shrine, grave) ➜ 墓参り

expression:

• not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand

expression:

• not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand - unorthodox form ➜ 間が持てない

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pass (the night); to spend ➜ 語り明かす
• to reveal; to divulge; to disclose; to expose
• to prove; to verify ➜ 証す【あかす】

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate
• to declare; to stipulate; to express; to state; to insist

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to go to the bathroom; to go to the restroom; to excuse oneself

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to become the head; to rise to the top; to rank above; to stand above

noun:

• company president, with responsibility to represent the company in its dealings with the outside world