lower nidan verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to want; to wish for - often now as ...(を)求む ➜ 求める
• to request; to demand - archaism ➜ 求める
• to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job) - archaism ➜ 求める
• to purchase; to buy - polite language - archaism ➜ 求める

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
• to take a tea break; to rest

noun:

• novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman - four character idiom

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to distribute; to arrange; to allot (to a position of authority, etc.) ➜ 配る
• to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating)
• to marry off - archaism
• to exile; to banish - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to distribute; to arrange; to allot (to a position of authority, etc.) ➜ 配する
• to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating)
• to marry off
• to exile; to banish

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture
• to be folded
• to give in; to back down; to yield; to submit
• to turn (a corner) ➜ 曲がる

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape
• to put up a front; to pose; to pretend

noun:

• whole year; all year round; throughout the year

adverb:

• always; all the time; perpetually ［ねんじゅう・ねんぢゅう］

noun:

• during an era
• middle class (of a nursery school, etc.) ［ねんちゅう］

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to connect; to link together
• to tie; to fasten; to restrain
• to maintain; to preserve; to keep
• to transfer (phone call); to put a person through
• to hedge; to buy or sell forward

noun:

• part alternation mark (symbol indicating the following words are taken from a song or that the person saying the words is singing); Unicode U+303D symbol

noun:

• Balcony of Appearances; balcony where the imperial family appears before the public
• (sports) interview platform; winner's platform; rostrum - colloquialism
• dancing platform (in a disco) - slang

noun:

• study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation)
• English literature; British studies

noun:

• last departure (of a train, bus, etc.); last train; last bus ➜ 始発

noun / ~する noun:

• change in a bus route - four character idiom
• change in policy; policy change (reversal)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to write (to someone); to drop someone a line; to contact someone

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to form a line; to queue up; to line up

noun:

• living; being alive Antonym: 死に
• freshness; liveliness; vitality
• situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go)
• stet; leave as-is (proofreading) - usually イキ - usually written using kana alone

prefix:

• damned

noun:

• board; plank
• sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab
• cutting board; chopping board ➜ 俎板
• chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook - usu. as 板さん - abbreviation ➜ 板前・板場【いたば】
• stage (i.e. at a theatre)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be exhausted; to be at a loss; to be worn out; to be helpless

godan ~す verb:

• to leave on; to leave running; to leave lying around; to leave (a faucet) open

godan ~す verb:

• to leave on; to leave running; to leave lying around; to leave (a faucet) open

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to forgive a person for their error; to forgive someone for their mistake

noun / ~する noun:

• make an issue or problem of something; something becoming a problem or issue

noun:

• go or shogi board
• position of a game of go or shogi

noun:

• second-generation Diet member; second-generation politician; Diet member who succeeded a parent ➜ 世襲議員