noun:

• heavenly god; heavenly gods - also pronounced てんしん
• spirit of Sugawara no Michizane
• Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit) ➜ 天満宮
• pit of a dried plum; dried plum - colloquialism ➜ 梅干し
• tenjin hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 天神髷
• prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

noun / ~する noun:

• straining; draining

noun:

• drainer; strainer; colander
• cutwater (on ship); forefoot; drip (on building); flashing; throating; starling (on bridge)
• stone skipping; skipping rocks; ducks and drakes

noun / ~する noun:

• snipping the stem of a cut flower without raising it out of water

adverb:

• sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole) - onomatopoeia
• easily
• suddenly
• completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly
• disappointing
• curling up into the fetal position; going to sleep suddenly

noun:

• leader of a (large) group ➜ 小頭
• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp ➜ 大纛
• leader of a (large) group
• puffbird (any bird of family Bucconidae) - usually written using kana alone
• first makushita rikishi listed on the banzuke - Sumo term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter
• to be sooty; to be smoke-stained ［くすぶる・ふすぶる］
• to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder ［くすぶる］
• to seclude oneself ［くすぶる・ふすぶる］
• to live in obscurity; to stay in the same level (of social position, circumstances, etc.) ［くすぶる］

noun:

• hitting; striking ➜ 打っ込む
• throwing; tossing ➜ 打っ込む
• mixing ➜ 打っ込む
• wearing ➜ 打っ込む
• bottom fishing; legering ➜ ぶっこみづり
• gap between pegs in a pachinko machine (that a ball can pass through)

noun:

• any of a number of lists of three enlightened men, including (but not limited to): Buddha, Confucius and Christ
• Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha
• Fu Xi, King Wen and Confucius
• Yao, Shun and Yu
• Yu, the Duke of Zhou, Confucius

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to roll; to tumble
• to fall over; to roll over
• to lie down
• to be scattered about; to be lying around
• (of a situation or outcome) to change; to turn out
• to come easily; to be common; to fall into one's hands; to grow on trees

interjection:

• yes; yeah; uh huh ➜ うん
• huh?; what?

auxiliary verb / suffix:

• not - negative verb ending used in informal speech; abbr. of negative verb ending ぬ ➜ ぬ

particle:

• 's - abbr. of particle の; indicates possessive ➜ の・の
• at (place, time); in; on; during - abbr. of particle に, used esp. when it precedes the verb なる ➜ に

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards ➜ 余
• beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that)
• above-mentioned; foregoing
• since ...; seeing that ...
• this is all; that is the end; the end

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to collapse; to crumble
• to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to become disorganized; to become untidy
• to break down; to be thrown into disarray
• to crash (stock market); to slump; to decline
• to break money into small change
• to turn bad (e.g. weather); to change for the worse; to deteriorate

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

noun:

• border; boundary - usu. さかい
• turning point; watershed ［さかい］ - often ...を境に
• area; region; spot; space; environment - usu. きょう
• psychological state; mental state - usu. きょう
• cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind ［きょう］ - Buddhism term

noun:

• (single-edged) sword; katana
• dagger; knife
• scalpel ［とう］
• chisel; burin; graver ［とう］ ➜ 彫刻刀【ちょうこくとう】
• knife money; knife-shaped commodity money used in Zhou dynasty China ［とう］ ➜ 刀銭

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to scatter; to cause a shower of
• to disperse; to distribute; to spread
• to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve; to get rid of; to cure
• to distract; to divert - as 気を散らす, etc. ➜ 気を散らす

suffix / godan ~す verb:

• to do ... wildly (i.e. disorderly or frequently); to do ... all over the place - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun:

• speech; tongue; talk; eloquence ［弁・辯］

suffix noun:

• dialect; brogue; accent ［弁・辯］

noun:

• bento; Japanese box lunch ［弁・辨］ - abbreviation ➜ 弁当【べんとう】
• petal ［弁・瓣］ ➜ 花弁【はなびら】

noun / ~の noun:

• valve ［弁・瓣］

noun:

• Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices ［弁・辨］ ➜ 太政官・弁官

noun:

• grasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch
• handful; fistful
• handle; grip; knob
• rice ball - abbreviation ➜ 握り飯・お握り【おにぎり】
• nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc. - abbreviation

noun:

• flipping (e.g. coin)
• two-timing; changing sides - slang
• zapping; channel-surfing ➜ ザッピング
• flipping; ring inversion - Chemistry term ➜ 環反転
• flipping; casting technique in fishing

noun / ~の noun:

• number one; first; first place

adverb:

• best; most

noun:

• game; round; bout

adverb:

• as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively ➜ 試しに

noun:

• song (e.g. in noh); piece

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose
• to steal ➜ 盗る
• to eat; to have (a meal) ➜ 摂る
• to remove (one's glasses, etc.) - also written as 脱る
• to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down - esp. 下りる
• to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount - esp. 降りる
• to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit
• to be granted; to be issued; to be given - esp. 下りる
• to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.) - esp. 降りる
• to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm) - esp. 下りる ➜ 下り物

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun / suffix noun:

• above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter)
• top; summit
• surface; on
• before; previous
• superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder)
• on top of that; besides; what's more
• upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after)
• matters concerning...; as concerns ...
• since (i.e. "for that reason") - as ...上は

suffix noun:

• suffix indicating higher social standing - honorific language ➜ 父上
• place of one's superior (i.e. the throne) - archaism
• emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo - archaism
• noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman) - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to go out to meet
• to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to reach; to approach; to enter (a phase, era, etc.)
• to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family)
• to call for; to summon; to invite
• to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to pay (e.g. money, bill)
• to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches)
• to drive away (e.g. one's competitors)
• to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of
• to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern)
• to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert
• to move out (of one's own place); to vacate
• to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside
• to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy)
• to reset (an abacus)

noun / suffix noun:

• earth; ground; land; soil
• place
• territory
• bottom (of a package, book, etc.) ➜ 天地無用
• earth (one of the five elements) ➜ 五大・土【ど】