noun:

• either; one (of the two) - どっちか is more colloquial

noun:

• the way one works ➜ 振り【ぶり】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be lifted; to be raised; to rise; to go up
• to happen suddenly; to occur; to come up; to turn up
• to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to find oneself in deep trouble; to be deep in the shit ➜ 土壺【どつぼ】

expression:

• out with the demon, in with fortune; devils out, good luck in - recital chanted on Setsubun during the bean-scattering ceremony ➜ 豆まき・節分

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick; to get stuck; to get caught; to get jammed; to clog
• to be unavailable; to be busy; to be occupied; to be full
• to be piled up (e.g. of work)
• to halt (in one's speech); to stumble (over one's words); to stutter; to stammer
• to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.); to feel pressure; to feel pain ➜ 痞える【つかえる】

expression:

• one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language - abbreviation ➜ 御持たせ物

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language ➜ お持たせ

expression / noun:

• the right person in the right place - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• standing in the way; block the way

noun:

• the matter in question; the aforesaid matter

noun / ~する noun:

• staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first
• constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank)
• accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank - Baseball term

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing ➜ 書き損じ
• something ruined by a mistake in writing (e.g. postcard) ➜ 書き損じ

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing
• something ruined by a mistake in writing (e.g. postcard)

noun / ~する noun:

• hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.) - children's language

noun:

• simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.)
• draw; tie

noun:

• rail car (esp. a small one used in mines, etc.); trolley - From English "truck"

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to spend one's days in tears and sorrow

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• hum; meditation; painstaking elaboration on one's poem; groaning in distress

noun / ~する noun:

• making a rough estimate in one's head
• expectation; anticipation

noun:

• wearing a yukata; (in) one's informal summer kimono

noun:

• foods abstained from in hopes of having one's desire granted