noun:

• proportional representation electoral system (in which party votes are cast, and candidates from each party are elected based on an ordered list available to the public)

noun:

• book of poetry
• The Classic of Poetry and The Classic of History (Chinese texts)

noun / ~する noun:

• final decision; ultimate decision; official decision; finalizing; last word (on or about something); final word

adverb / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; fresh-baked; fresh from the oven - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself - onomatopoeia

noun:

• black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice
• charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables

noun / adverb:

• (being) about to start out; (being) about to leave - usu. 出掛けに, etc. ➜ お出掛け
• having just left; (being) on the way

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to hold one's ground
• to stop (doing); to give up

expression:

• it is easier to do something than worry about it; the anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face; fear overruns the danger; an attempt is sometimes easier than expected; it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it [literal] - proverb

conjunction / expression / adverb:

• unavoidable; this is it; this is the end; left with no choice; it's all over now

godan ~る verb:

• to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve - slang
• (in an online multiplayer game) to camp - slang

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to receive permission
• to leave (with someone's permission); to retire ➜ 御免蒙る
• to refuse; to beg off doing ➜ 御免蒙る

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to collect (debts); to dun; to exact; to extort
• to appoint; to promote; to give patronage
• to emphasize; to focus on; to call attention to ➜ 取り立てて

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to allot; to allocate
• to supply with; to furnish
• to fit to; to fasten to; to apply to

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to dust; to remove dust
• to slap; to hit (with the palm)
• to use up money

noun / suffix noun / ~の noun:

• gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup)

~の noun / noun:

• valuable; of highest value

noun:

• money; gold coin
• Friday - abbreviation ➜ 金曜
• metal (fourth of the five elements) ➜ 五行
• Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE)

noun / suffix noun:

• gold general - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 金将

noun:

• testicles - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 金玉【きんたま】

suffix / counter:

• karat; carat

noun:

• Japanese bondage torture (bound victim sits cross-legged with their arms tied behind them, and the rope is tightened until their ankles touch their neck)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• option; optional; selecting an option

noun:

• optional extra
• individual item; separate item; service supplied on its own, without accompanying services
• option - Finance term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to brew (sake, etc.)
• to cause; to bring on; to bring about; to give rise to

expression / ichidan verb:

• to already have enough; to already have what one needs - often used in turning down an offer ➜ 間に合う
• to be on time

expression:

• complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• end of work day
• end of school term; end of school year

expression / noun:

• the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life); (just) the way things are ➜ 浮世

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