noun / ~する noun:

• trot; half run; jog

noun:

• girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

noun:

• torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

expression:

• scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling

noun:

• coupling
• shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.)

noun:

• civil service competitive examination for some positions in the public education system in France - From French "agregation"

noun:

• Protectorate General of Beiting; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion (Edo period) - archaism ➜ 御殿女中

noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

suffix:

• first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.) - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun:

• washing of bones before placing them in a bone storage urn (esp. in Okinawa) ➜ 厨子

noun:

• dust, etc. that gathers in the bottoms of sleeves (esp. in Japanese traditional clothing)

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たない, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たず, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】・めどが立たない

noun / suffix:

• stuffing; packing - づめ when a suffix

noun:

• end (esp. the foot of a bridge)
• lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony
• tea master
• endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively)
• sweet eel sauce - abbreviation
• middle-aged woman - archaism

suffix noun:

• appointment to a particular workplace
• using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment)
• continuing; keep doing for period of time - after the -masu stem of a verb

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study - colloquialism ➜ 為る【する】
• to send; to dispatch; to despatch
• to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
• to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer
• to make (a vehicle) go faster
• to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise
• to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke
• to hold (a performance); to perform; to show ➜ 演る
• to ease (one's mind)
• to harm; to injure; to kill - colloquialism ➜ 殺る
• to have sex with - slang ➜ 犯る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to live; to get by; to get along ➜ やって行く・やって来る

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to do ... completely - after the -masu stem of a verb, often in the negative
• to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance - after the -masu stem of a verb

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance) - after the -te form of a verb
• to make active efforts to ... - after the -te form of a verb

expression:

• anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driver [literal] - proverb

noun:

• card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta) ➜ 読み札

expression / ichidan verb:

• to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice - usu. as 口をそろえて

noun:

• variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length
• 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres)
• six ken (10.91 m)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in

godan ~む verb:

• to conceal; to hide; to be engulfed in; to be enveloped by

noun:

• lady-killer (i.e. a man who is popular with women); knocking a woman dead (with sex appeal)
• murderer of women
• murder of women

expression:

• a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved - proverb
• I've got something to ask you

noun:

• person; character; figure; personage; man; woman
• one's character; one's personality
• able person; talented person

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to be conducive to; to be instrumental in
• to finance