godan ~す verb:

• to bail (e.g. water from a boat); to ladle

noun:

• "dancing" with hands and arms from a seated position; dancing empty-handed

noun:

• temporary staff; loaned staff (e.g. from a parent or related organization)

noun:

• original character (i.e. not a character from some other existing work) - abbreviation ➜ オリジナルキャラクター

noun:

• local cuisine; local delicacy; popular food from a particular area ➜ ご当地【ごとうち】・グルメ

noun:

• dilapidated house; tumbledown house; hovel; miserable shack
• my house; my home - humble language
• small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

noun:

• pointed end; tip; point; cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.); apex (of a curve)
• forefront; vanguard; spearhead; leading edge

noun:

• one's business - archaism - polite language
• reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha
• bargain; discount
• money paid to a prostitute or geisha

noun:

• ash glaze (type of fundamental glaze used in ancient times made from the ashes of raw materials such as unhulled rice, straw, oak and pine)

noun:

• winning without fighting; method used to win without fighting - four character idiom
• one's own way of doing things (i.e. as different from that of one's instructor)
• Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu) - colloquialism ➜ 新当流

noun:

• people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced Continental culture to the Japanese

noun:

• end; finish; stop
• bounds; limits ➜ 切りがない・切りのない
• delivery date (of a futures contract) - esp. 限り,限
• finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville)

suffix / counter:

• counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat)

particle:

• only; just - senses 6-8 are sometimes pronounced ぎり, esp. in old-fashioned speech - usually written using kana alone ➜ っ切り【っきり】
• since; after - usu. in a negative sentence - usually written using kana alone
• remaining (in a particular state) - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~する noun:

• death from disease; death from illness

noun:

• from times immemorial; from ancient times

expression:

• aside from this; aside from these

noun:

• news from home; letter from home - archaism

noun:

• full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun) (vigour); being in the ascendant - four character idiom

noun:

• head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice - Sumo term

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to use
• to deal with (an issue); to manage
• to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
• to deal in; to carry; to sell

noun:

• nest (of boxes); nesting
• concealed information
• adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner ［入れ子］
• cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock) ➜ 櫓杭

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to prick; to stab
• to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike
• to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.)
• to attack
• to brave (the rain, etc.)

noun:

• arranging a group of people so as to form a character or spell out a message

noun:

• garden shrubs; trees; potted plant

noun:

• plant (i.e. equipment, machinery, etc.)