lower nidan verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to ask; to enquire; to inquire - archaism ➜ 尋ねる
• to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate - archaism ➜ 尋ねる

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to drive mad; to upset; to disturb; to confuse
• to cause a malfunction; to throw out of kilter; to put out of order; to derail; to detune (e.g. instrument)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stir; to mix ➜ 掻き混ぜる
• to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up; to jeer at; to interfere (when one talks)

~する noun / ~の noun:

• to contact; to get in touch ➜ ご連絡

noun:

• contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message ➜ ご連絡
• connection; coordination; junction

~の noun:

• intercalary; intercalaris; internuncial

noun:

• adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman) ➜ 新成人

noun / ~する noun:

• scholarship; study; learning

noun:

• discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

noun:

• odour; odor; scent; smell; stench - 臭い usu. has a negative connotation
• aura; whiff; smacks of ...; sense; flavour; flavor

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to invite; to ask
• to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to
• to call in; to send for; to summon
• to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in

noun:

• term; terminology
• wording; choice of words; phraseology

adverb:

• in an instant; in a moment; immediately; right away; at once
• suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once

noun:

• dimension
• perspective; point of reference; level (of something)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pull apart; to separate
• to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

auxiliary adjective:

• seeming ...; appearing ... - expresses judgement based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay

suffix / adjective:

• -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ... - after a noun, adverb or adjective stem

noun:

• exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much
• misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• moment; instant - From Sanskrit "kṣaṇa"

noun:

• kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time - orig. meaning - Buddhism term

noun / ~の noun:

• handwriting

noun:

• calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph

noun:

• shadow; shade; shading; gloom
• nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties

noun:

• many monsters, spirits, etc. forming a line and walking through the night - four character idiom
• veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about presenting a most scandalous sight

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire) ➜ 滅びる

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish ➜ 滅ぼす

noun:

• bright place; the light
• the open; light of day; public knowledge ➜ 明るみに出る

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to censure; to criticize; to criticise; to rebuke; to defy; to disobey - archaism
• to fashion after; to make in the form of; to imitate - archaism

noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:

• receiving; welcoming; going to meet - polite language ➜ 迎え

noun:

• final call; call of fate; approach of death

noun:

• hole in the curtains to allow someone backstage to see the audience (in kabuki theatre) - obscure term
• public observation; feel of being watched; casual observers - obscure term ➜ 人目

noun / suffix noun:

• sign; indication; trace; touch; feeling

prefix noun:

• somehow; for some reason; seeming to be

noun:

• wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet ➜ 木偶の坊【でくのぼう】
• blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool ➜ 木偶の坊【でくのぼう】