noun:

• distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm)
• dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish
• var. of thick, traditional Japanese paper

noun:

• face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) ［建て前・建前・立て前・立前］ Antonym: 本音
• ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house ［建て前・建前］
• tea ceremony procedures; tea ceremony etiquette ［立て前・立前・点て前・点前］

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to push away; to thrust aside
• to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to forsake; to abandon; to desert
• to act coldly; to do without emotion
• to extend a wide lead over (an opponent)

noun:

• approximate age; apparent age ➜ 年の頃

noun / ~の noun:

• marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age of adulthood

noun:

• appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...) - after modifying phrase

noun / adverbial noun:

• past few years; for some years - archaism ➜ 年来

noun:

• drawing hot water; person who draws hot water
• employee who pours clean hot water used for rinsing in a bathhouse
• ladle (esp. used in bath houses)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to traverse
• to lay across; to build across
• to hand over; to hand in; to pass; to give; to transfer

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with ➜ 耐える【たえる】
• to restrain; to control; to keep a check on
• to forgive; to put up with; to pardon

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to weaken; to grow weak; to wane; to decline (of one's health)
• to be downcast; to be dejected; to be dispirited
• to be troubled; to be at a loss; to be perplexed; to be annoyed

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown ➜ 顔を顰める・眉を顰める

noun:

• makeshift hunting blind; waiting in a makeshift hunting blind - archaism
• ambush; troops in ambush - archaism

~する verb (spec.):

• to obey; to submit; to defer; to yield; to abide
• to serve (e.g. in the army, or a sentence in jail (gaol))
• to observe (e.g. mourning) - also pronounced ぶくする
• to drink (tea, medicine, etc.) - also pronounced ぶくする

godan ~す verb:

• to obey; to submit; to defer; to yield; to abide ➜ 服する
• to serve (e.g. in the army, or a sentence in jail (gaol))
• to observe (e.g. mourning)
• to drink (tea, medicine, etc.)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to draw (water); to ladle; to dip up; to scoop up; to pump
• to pour (into a cup); to drink (together) ➜ 酌む【くむ】
• to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit; to understand
• to draw upon; to inherit

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash) ➜ 立ち消え
• to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing ➜ 立ち消え【たちぎえ】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be lucky; to be in luck ➜ 付く【つく】
• to be attached; to have; to be included; to come with; to contain; to be in a state ➜ 付く【つく】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become damp; to become moist; to become wet
• to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits; to feel depressed ［しめる］ - often as 湿って or 湿った

noun / ~する noun:

• being in someone's service for the first time; participating for the first time
• visiting a shrine (or temple) for the first time

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be complete; to be all present; to make a full set; to be satisfied (of conditions)
• to be equal; to be uniform; to be even; to match; to agree
• to gather; to assemble; to be collected

noun:

• upper tier; upper section; upper deck; upper row; upper step; upper grade; upper berth; top shelf
• place of honor; place of honour ➜ 上座
• dais; raised part of floor ➜ 上段の間
• overhead position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be digested
• to master (a skill); to be proficient; to be accomplished; to be well developed
• to mature (e.g. personality); to mellow
• to mature (foodstuff); to be properly aged

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass)
• to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

expression:

• not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal]

expression:

• not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal] ➜ いたちの道

expression:

• I owe you; I owe you one; I owe you a favor

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to revive; to promote; to make prosperous
• to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up; to launch; to commence ➜ 起こす