ichidan verb / transitive:

• to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to butter up; to try to get on the good side of

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand on ceremony
• to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense

noun:

• candlelight service (e.g. in a church)
• ceremony during a wedding reception where the bride and the groom go from table to table lighting a candle at each

noun / ~する noun:

• vindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss; revenge

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up ➜ 澄む

noun / ~する noun:

• drying up; running dry
• running out; being exhausted; being drained

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to be excited about; to get all worked up about

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give up smoking; to stop smoking

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to match; to equal - archaism
• to catch up with; to overtake

noun:

• beat'-em-up game; (one on one) fighting game - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 格闘ゲーム

noun:

• beat-'em-up game; (one on one) fighting game

expression / ichidan verb:

• to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

~する verb (irregular):

• to do; to carry out; to perform
• to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
• to serve as; to act as; to work as
• to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
• to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as - as 〜にする,〜とする
• to decide on; to choose - as 〜にする

~する verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) - as 〜がする
• to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
• to be worth; to cost
• to pass (of time); to elapse

~する verb (irregular) / transitive:

• to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B - as AをBにする
• to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B - as AをBにする
• to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B - as AをBにする
• to feel A about B - as AをBにする

suffix / ~する verb (irregular):

• verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")

auxiliary verb / ~する verb (irregular):

• creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go") ➜ お願いします・御
• to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to - as 〜うとする,〜ようとする ➜ とする

noun:

• girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel) - archaism
• brat; scamp; rascal; jackanapes - archaism - derogatory term ➜ 小童【こわっぱ】
• disciple; apprentice - original meaning - archaism

noun:

• vital part (of the body); tender spot; weak point; vitals
• key point; essential point; crux (of a problem); heart (of a matter)
• male crotch (as a target in fighting) - colloquialism ➜ 金的

noun:

• priest - used at certain shrines, e.g. Ise, Kamo - Shintō term
• member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryo system - archaism ➜ 四等官
• government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto - archaism
• prominent member of a town - archaism
• river boatman; captain of a riverboat
• (medieval) harbor manager - archaism
• bandit leader; head of a gang of brigands - archaism

noun:

• getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow ➜ 巻き添えを食う

noun / ~する noun:

• ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to examine closely; to check up on; to ferret out
• to wash carefully

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take up someone's time; to make work for someone

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it - often Ｘの一言に尽きる