expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to put an end (to); to close the books (on) ➜ 終止符を打つ

noun:

• tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)

noun:

• flashing lights; revolving lights; lights used on the top of emergency vehicles

noun:

• rice polishing (removing the shell of brown rice to leave white rice)

noun:

• medical expenses borne by the patient; patient contribution; patient share; co-payment

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal ➜ 日和見

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to wash one's face and hands
• to go to the toilet

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be on the same wavelength; to think alike; to get along

expression:

• month after month; as the months go by; with each passing month

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to turn everything into a joke; to continue joking to the last

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to come to an end; to lower the curtain ➜ 幕を閉じる【まくをとじる】

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be submerged; to be soaked
• to be pickled; to be well seasoned - esp. 漬かる
• to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

noun:

• telephone appointment; arranging meetings and appointments in advance by phone - abbreviation
• cold-calling to get potential customers to agree to meet a salesman; carrying out market surveys by phone

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

noun / suffix noun:

• part; segment; share; ration ➜ 分の
• rate
• degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot ➜ 身分

suffix noun:

• relationship; connection; correspondence

noun / suffix noun:

• in proportion to; just as much as

noun:

• numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in shop, etc.)
• zone ticket; boarding ticket; bus ticket dispensed at boarding, used to show where one boarded

noun:

• fold; pleat; gathers; tuck
• folds (e.g of a mountain); crease
• (hidden) detail; nuance; shade; wrinkle (e.g. in logic)
• lamella; gill (of a mushroom)

noun:

• hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village
• legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La

noun:

• symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship)

prefix noun:

• certain; unnamed; undisclosed; unidentified

expression / adjective:

• being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark) - idiom
• having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

noun:

• cicadas that sing when autumn comes ➜ 秋蝉
• cicadas that sing even in autumn

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch
• to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get one's lazy butt in gear; to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself - idiom