expression / godan ~る verb:

• to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for

expression:

• what chances to one man may happen to all; what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone - proverb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to insert; to put in ➜ 差す
• to plant (a cutting); to strike ➜ 挿し木
• to arrange (flowers) ➜ 挿し花
• to wear (a sword) in one's belt ➜ 差す
• to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten ➜ 鎖す【さす】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat

noun:

• drumming in the streets to announce a tournament - Sumo term
• announcing an event by walking around in the streets beating a drum; drum used to announce an event by walking around in the streets

noun:

• young people who behave in a rowdy fashion (e.g. in a pub); young people who cheer and drink loudly

noun:

• dirt mound
• dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room
• platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

expression:

• everything comes in handy when used correctly; use the right tools for the right job; fools and (blunt) scissors have to be used in the right way - proverb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten
• to block (e.g. the way); to shut off; to shut in
• to plunge (in grief) ［とざす］

noun:

• baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to shrivel up in fear; to tremble in fear; one's testicles shrivel up [literal]

noun:

• kanji for common use; jōyō kanji; list of 2,136 kanji established in 2010, formerly a list of 1,945 established in 1981 ➜ 当用漢字

noun:

• crime for which one's three types of relatives will be punished; crime implicating one's relatives of all three types - obscure term ➜ 三族

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• starting in advance; starting first; going first; going ahead ➜ 後発
• starting (in team sports) - Sports term

noun:

• Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations)
• nickname
• section of a village

expression / adjective:

• having no hesitation in stating; having no hesitation in declaring

noun / ~する noun:

• chanting in a loud voice; singing in a loud voice

expression / adverb:

• far away in the distance; in the far distance

expression / adjective:

• fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory

godan ~す verb:

• to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with) ➜ 直す

~する verb (spec.):

• to come to (in the end); to end in
• to attribute; to blame

godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する):

• to come to (in the end); to end in ➜ 帰する
• to attribute; to blame

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to divide in two; to divide in half
• to apportion; to divide among; to portion out; to allot; to assign

~と adverb / adverb:

• ding (of a bell); bing; ting; tinkle; ring - esp. チーン, ちーん - onomatopoeia
• honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave; microwaving; nuking - from the sound of the microwave timer; usu. チン - colloquialism ➜ チンする

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil
• to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to be in a ferment; to take place energetically
• to ferment
• to melt (of metal)