expression / godan ~る verb:

• to say the same thing over and over again; to talk until one is blue in the face

expression:

• the husband is always the last to know; everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband - idiom

expression:

• the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age

expression:

• cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to ➜ ざるを得ない【ざるをえない】

noun:

• member (of a group led by a kumigashira); member (of a fire brigade)
• muntin; mullion; member; fret

noun / ~の noun:

• money monger; money-happy person; person who is money-mad; money-grubber

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• serving (of food); helping

noun:

• chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce - abbreviation ➜ 盛り蕎麦

expression:

• (bringing up a child) with greatest care pampering (him, her) with material comforts of a rich family; (being brought up) in a hothouse atmosphere - four character idiom

noun:

• sake sold in a cup rather than a bottle; drinking sake from a regular-size cup rather than from a small sake cup

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband

noun:

• treasure chest (in the story of Urashima Taro); Urashima's casket; Pandora's box
• important secret that is not easily revealed to others

noun:

• journey; course; distance; march; flight; drive; leg (of a journey, relay race, etc.)
• itinerary
• stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to redraw (a line)
• to catch (a cold) again
• to consult (a reference) again

noun:

• sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve ➜ 袂を分かつ
• vicinity (esp. of a bridge)
• foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

godan ~る verb:

• to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is

noun:

• jar; pot; vase
• dice cup
• depression (i.e. the basin of a waterfall)
• target (when aiming an arrow) - archaism
• (figurative) bull's-eye - usually written using kana alone ➜ 思うつぼ
• key point (of a conversation, etc.) - usually written using kana alone
• acupuncture point; moxibustion point - usually written using kana alone
• nodes on a fingerboard (of a shamisen, etc.) - often ツボ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness
• animal from popular folklore with a white fluffy down made from dandelions and a rabbit's tail resembling a fluffy hairball

suffix:

• first-person plural (or singular) - humble language
• second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to) - derogatory term

suffix noun:

• used after the name of someone who is an older brother figure - familiar language

noun:

• used with various honorifics to mean (older) brother ➜ お兄さん

suffix noun:

• used after the name of someone who is an older sister figure - familiar language ➜ 兄【にい】

noun:

• used with various honorifics to mean (older) sister ➜ お姉さん

noun:

• your house; your home; your family - honorific language
• your husband - honorific language
• your organization - honorific language

pronoun:

• you (referring to someone of equal status with whom one is not especially close) - honorific language

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to receive (e.g. a title)
• to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent)
• to be blessed (e.g. with a child)
• to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)

noun / suffix:

• (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)
• remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
• forty-five degree angle ［留め］

noun:

• Japanese bondage torture (bound victim sits cross-legged with their arms tied behind them, and the rope is tightened until their ankles touch their neck)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to have a nightmare
• to make a noise during a nightmare