expression:

• start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps - proverb
• he who first suggests it should be the first to do it - proverb

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall down; to fall over
• to turn out; to play out ［ころぶ］ - oft. as どう転んでも
• to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize ［ころぶ］ - in early Japanese Christianity
• to roll; to tumble ➜ ころがる
• (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret - archaism

noun:

• stage (theatre, theater)
• scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

noun:

• cloth
• bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China) ［ふ］ ➜ 布銭

noun:

• safe; strongbox; cashbox; vault; strongroom
• depository; cash office; treasury; provider of funds

noun / ~する noun:

• invention

adjectival noun:

• intelligent; clever ➜ 聡明

noun / ~する noun:

• being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear - archaism

adverb / ~の noun:

• really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly
• indeed

interjection:

• good grief (expression of exasperation) - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ 全くもう

noun / ~する noun:

• trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• originally; primarily
• essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself
• proper; legal

noun / suffix noun:

• direction; district; area

noun:

• field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter; aspect; angle

noun / ~する noun:

• bending; indentation
• refraction
• inflection
• warping (e.g. of opinion, reasoning, etc.); distortion

noun / ~する noun:

• bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)

noun:

• seal; stamp; monogram signature ［はん］
• judgment; judgement ［はん］

noun / suffix noun:

• size (of paper or books) ➜ 判型

noun / ~する noun:

• observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance

noun:

• maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• mobile; nimble; agile; quick to respond ➜ 機動隊

noun / ~する noun:

• temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; loan
• proceeding to; leaving for ➜ 出向く

adverb / ~と adverb:

• rapidly; one after the other - onomatopoeia
• without hesitation; unreservedly; freely - onomatopoeia
• sound of tramping; stomping - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• slimy; slippery; greasy; clammy; gooey - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• smooth (of CGI movements, video streaming, etc.) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)

noun:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation

noun / adjectival noun:

• composure; calmness

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation

noun:

• communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.); prevention of epidemics

noun:

• number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)

expression / adverb:

• before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later ➜ その内