ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to discuss; to talk about; to deal with (a topic) ➜ 論じる【ろんじる】
• to argue; to dispute ➜ 論じる【ろんじる】
• to take into consideration; to make an issue of - usu. in negative sentences ➜ 論じる【ろんじる】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to screw; to twist
• to distort; to parody; to make a pun - esp. もじる
• to torture; to wrest

noun:

• being closed; being blocked up; being occupied; hindrance; impedance ➜ 塞がる
• unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin) ➜ 陰陽道・天一神

noun:

• single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist rituals - Buddhism term
• cloth of a tokko pattern

noun:

• dumpling cooked in miso served during the dog days of summer at the imperial court
• accompaniments for a rice dish - secret language of court ladies - archaism - female language ➜ おかず
• wooden pestle - secret language of court ladies - archaism - female language ➜ すりこぎ
• menstrual period - archaism

noun:

• name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship)
• stage name (e.g. of actor)

adverb / ~の noun:

• more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes

adverb:

• tentatively; for the time being
• just in case
• once

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to sell out
• to sell widely; to sell on a large scale

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be sensitive to smoke

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to dislike the company of (someone); to consider (someone) a burden or nuisance

noun:

• family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

noun:

• drums which announce the opening of a stage performance or commencement of bouts; the sound produced by such drums - Sumo term

noun:

• banishment (to a location far from the capital); the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

noun:

• adding a crowning touch of beauty (to); giving added luster (to); crowning beauty (honor, grace) with even greater glory - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• (similar to) perinatal; period from around the 28th week of pregnancy to a week after the baby is born

noun:

• great impropriety (esp. towards the imperial family) - archaism
• crime against the imperial family (or a shrine dedicated to them, etc.) ➜ 八虐

noun:

• bamboo wall-top spikes (or wood, iron); spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves

noun:

• doing something for the first time (ever, in a season, etc.) - polite language ➜ 初【はつ】
• new item; first crop of the season

noun:

• stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage ➜ 白洲

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language - abbreviation ➜ 御持たせ物

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language ➜ お持たせ

suffix / particle:

• a mere (status or characteristic); implies activity unsuited to (status or characteristic)

ichidan verb:

• to excuse (someone); to give a holiday to; to make (someone) rest

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to dismiss (from a position)
• to exempt; to excuse from; to forgive