expression:

• one should not leave things unfinished; when a young Mencius returned home during the middle of school, his mother cut off the cloth she had been weaving on the loom to admonish him for stopping his studies midway - proverb ➜ 断機

expression / noun:

• hard work gone unnoticed; thankless task; a dance under a veranda [literal] - idiom
• off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennouji - orig. meaning

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to point
• to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person
• to identify; to indicate; to point out
• to play (a game of shogi); to move (a piece) - Shōgi term
• to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance) ➜ 差す

noun / ~の noun:

• being free from all distracting thoughts; keeping one's mind clear of all worldly thoughts; being free from all ideas and thoughts - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help - four character idiom

expression:

• there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave - proverb

noun:

• number crossword (var. of kanji crossword puzzle with numbers where squares with the same number contain the same kanji) - abbreviation ➜ ナンバークロス

noun:

• seven orders of Buddhist disciples (monks, nuns, probationary nuns, male novices, female novices, male lay devotees, female lay devotees)

noun:

• unstitched, open side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such an open side - abbreviation ➜ 縫腋
• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran ➜ 闕腋の袍

expression:

• to wait for a good opportunity; to come down on the right side of the fence; to see which way the cat jumps; to wait and see at Horagatoge [literal] - proverb

expression:

• filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents) (from The Classic of Filial Piety)

noun:

• monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate ➜ ニホンザル
• sly person - derogatory term
• idiot; hick - derogatory term
• sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
• clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook ➜ 自在鉤
• bathhouse prostitute - archaism ➜ 湯女

interjection:

• thank you; thanks - abbreviation ➜ どうも有難う

adverb:

• much (thanks); very (sorry); quite (regret)
• quite; really; mostly
• somehow
• in spite of oneself; try as one might; no matter how hard one may try (to, not to) ➜ どうしても

interjection:

• greetings; hello; goodbye

noun:

• baldness; bald head
• children's hairstyle of short untied hair; children with short untied hair ［かぶろ・かむろ］
• young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period) ［かぶろ・かむろ］ ➜ 太夫・天神
• idiot; moron - derogatory term - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• anchor (of a ship) ➜ 錨【いかり】
• last runner or swimmer in a relay team
• news anchor; news presenter - abbreviation ➜ アンカーマン
• anchor (clock component); pallet fork ➜ アンクル
• anchor (HTML) - IT term
• link to previous post (e.g. in web forums) - IT term ➜ レスアンカー

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

noun:

• the best one can do; one's best effort

adverbial noun:

• with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

noun:

• determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech - esp. 口裏
• divining good or bad luck from listening to someone - esp. 口占 - archaism

expression:

• words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it - proverb

godan ~つ verb:

• to show signs of
• to show one's feelings or emotions in one's facial expression or behavior
• to put on airs
• to be become animated with voices and noise

expression / ichidan verb:

• to alter one's state of consciousness; to change one's mindset; to change one's attitude

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be crushed; to be smashed; to be broken; to collapse
• to become useless; to cease functioning; to be wasted (e.g. time)
• to go bankrupt; to go out of business; to fail

noun / ~する noun:

• incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion
• being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength; failing to obtain the desired result - idiom

noun:

• water monitor (Varanus salvator, species of carnivorous monitor lizard common from Sri Lanka in the west to the Philippines in the east); common water monitor

adjectival noun / adverb / noun / ~の noun:

• amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic)
• full
• one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat

adverb / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• fully; to capacity - usually written using kana alone
• a lot; much - usually written using kana alone

suffix noun / adverbial noun:

• all of ...; the entire ... - usually written using kana alone