noun:

• ingredients; material
• material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; data
• basis (for a decision); grounds; evidence
• (market) factor - Finance term

noun:

• protective covering for a book (often in the form of a folding case with clasps)

counter:

• counter for book covers

noun:

• falsely-provoked arrest for obstruction; police pretending to be knocked down so as to have grounds for an arrest ➜ 公妨

godan ~す verb:

• to draw for a specific purpose; to draw for the occasion

noun / ~する noun:

• looking for a change of occupation; looking for a new job

expression / ~よい adjective:

• of good omen; augur well (for); boding well for; good fortune

expression:

• there is a suitable spouse for everyone; every Jack has his Jill; a mended lid for a cracked pot [literal] - proverb

noun:

• petitioning (an administration) for redress; suing civilly to seek redress (for a court's action); lodging an appeal - Law term

noun:

• desire for marriage; marriage aspiration; yearning for marriage

noun:

• small boat used for transport on rivers (Edo period); barge; boat used for unloading goods from a large anchored boat ➜ 瀬取り船
• boat with a roof used for boating on a river
• small boat selling food and drinks on a river - archaism

noun:

• glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake; glasses with no lenses or 'window glass' lenses

noun:

• Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to hunt (animals)
• to search (for a criminal)
• to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms); to pick (berries)

noun / suffix noun:

• charge; cost; price
• generation; age; reign
• era - Geology term
• a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone) - after someone's name or title
• used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number ➜ 代表電話番号

counter:

• counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
• counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
• proxy application company - abbreviation ➜ 代理申請会社

noun:

• pronoun - used in dictionaries, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 代名詞

noun / ~する noun:

• correspondence (to); equivalence
• suitability; coordination; matching; being appropriate (for)
• dealing with; coping with; response; reception; reaction
• compatibility (with technology, software, etc.); capability; support (for)

noun:

• roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; intestinal worm
• (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments ➜ 腹の虫が治まらない【はらのむしがおさまらない】
• (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger ➜ 腹の虫が鳴る【はらのむしがなる】

adverb:

• for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime ➜ 差し当たり

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; to gather chestnuts from the fire [literal] - orig. from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de La Fontaine - idiom

expression / godan ~う verb (spec.):

• to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission

noun:

• grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching

noun:

• sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence

noun / ~する noun:

• waiting for favorable wind; waiting for favourable wind

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to apply for a job; to apply for work

expression:

• In for a penny, in for a pound - idiom

noun:

• pile; pool; collection ➜ 溜まる
• gathering spot ➜ たまり場
• waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring - Sumo term
• liquid runoff from miso preparation
• tamari; variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 溜まり醤油