noun:

• request; appeal; claim; demand
• purchase

noun:

• former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend - colloquialism ➜ 彼氏

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to recover a cost; to recover an expense; to get a return on one's investment; to get one's money's worth

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to trace back to (the origins of something)

noun:

• original verse poem

interjection:

• return to your original position! - in calisthenics
• er, rather - used in speech to correct oneself - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• ex-husband; former husband

noun:

• reformed delinquent; former delinquent youth - colloquialism

noun:

• original spelling or kana usage
• spelling in original language (for words transliterated into another language or script)

noun:

• ex-wife; former wife ➜ 元夫

noun:

• returning to normal after all is said and done

noun:

• ex-girlfriend; former girlfriend

intransitive verb / godan ~る verb:

• to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated

expression:

• of soup and love, the first is the best; one's first spouse tends to be better than any subsequent spouse - proverb

noun:

• reformed delinquent; former delinquent youth - abbreviation - slang ➜ ヤンキー

noun:

• former president of a company

noun:

• master contractor

noun:

• calf (before it is fattened or used for breeding, usu. referring to 6 to 12-month-olds)

noun:

• (one's) ex-wife; (one's) former wife

noun:

• master contractor; prime contactor; general contractor

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to bury the hatchet; to make up; to be reconciled; to be reunited (e.g. couple); to be reinstated - idiom

noun:

• capital

noun:

• stopcock (gas, water)

noun:

• place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position - archaism

interjection:

• (in calisthenics) return to your original position!
• er, rather - used in speech to correct oneself ➜ 元へ