noun:

• singing technique; way of singing

noun:

• world of ikebana; ikebana circles ➜ 生け花

noun:

• angle of friction; frictional angle - Physics term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be elated; to be excited; to be caught up in the moment; to be carried away; to get cocky - most oft. used disparagingly
• to get up to speed; to move into gear

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend
• to be up to the task; to come up to ➜ 及ばない
• to compare with; to be a match (for)
• to commit (a crime) ➜ 犯罪に及ぶ
• to require (to do) - usu. used in the negative ➜ 及ばない

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to strike; to clap; to knock; to beat; to tap; to pat
• to play drums
• to abuse; to flame (e.g. on the Internet); to insult
• to consult; to sound out
• to brag; to talk big
• to call; to invoke (e.g. a function) - IT term

noun:

• cat
• shamisen
• geisha
• wheelbarrow - abbreviation ➜ 猫車
• clay bed-warmer - abbreviation ➜ 猫火鉢
• bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism Antonym: タチ

noun / counter:

• stock; share

noun:

• stump - orig. meaning

noun / counter:

• root; rootstock
• strain (of bacteria, etc.)

noun / suffix noun:

• tradeable rank; goodwill

noun:

• one's forte ➜ お株

noun / suffix noun:

• lesson
• section (in an organization); division; department

counter:

• counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• dimly; faintly; indistinctly; vaguely - also written as 呆んやり - onomatopoeia
• absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly - onomatopoeia
• idly; aimlessly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• absence of mind; fool; blockhead; dunce

noun / ~する noun:

• reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting
• influence; application (e.g. of an update)

adjective:

• impious; profane; sacrilegious
• too good; more than one deserves; unworthy of
• wasteful

noun / ~の noun:

• superior (in rank); top; ranking

noun:

• higher order (e.g. byte) - IT term
• host computer (of connected device) - IT term

noun / suffix noun:

• storey; story; floor

noun:

• stairs ➜ 階【きざはし】

noun / suffix noun:

• stage (in chronostratigraphy)

counter:

• counter for storeys and floors of a building

noun:

• lye
• harsh taste; astringency
• scum (formed when cooking some foods)
• (excessive) strength of will - also written incorrectly as 悪

noun:

• series; sequence; system; succession
• keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings

~の noun:

• affiliated; subsidiary

noun:

• benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; compassion; humanity; charity ［じん］
• human ［じん］
• kernel
• nucleolus ［じん］ ➜ 核小体

noun:

• number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)

noun / ~する noun:

• summarization; summary; generalization
• review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; molting; moulting; casting off
• freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)

noun:

• fidelity; honour; honor; constancy
• chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)

noun / ~の noun:

• daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
• ham actor - abbreviation ➜ 大根役者

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• utterance; speaking; vocalization; vocalisation; enunciation; pronouncing
• leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• lively; energetic; full of life - onomatopoeia
• vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.) - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating; grating - onomatopoeia

noun:

• fragment; broken piece; chip; splinter; shard
• ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred; scrap