godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear - usu 履く or 穿く
• to affix a sword to one's hip - usu. 佩く or 帯く
• to affix a bowstring to a bow

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to live; to exist
• to make a living; to subsist
• to be in effect; to be in use; to function
• to come to life; to be enlivened
• to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

noun:

• joint; knuckle
• tune; melody
• knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
• part; notable characteristic ➜ 思い当たるふしがある

noun / ~する noun:

• (historical, in China) abdication by an emperor in favor (favour) of a more virtuous successor

noun / ~する noun:

• separating words in Japanese with spaces (e.g. in kana-only books for children) - Linguistics term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to sleep in an awkward position and wake with a crick in one's neck

noun:

• salt
• crest of a wave; flowerlike patterns on waves in the Japan Sea in winter

noun:

• winning wrestler who remains ringside in case his involvement is needed in pre-bout rituals - Sumo term

noun:

• festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle

noun:

• Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003)

noun:

• Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003) ➜ 有志連合

noun:

• the five fundamental seasonings used in Japanese cooking: (in order) sugar, salt, vinegar, soy sauce, miso

noun:

• Protectorate General of Annam; Han-period Chinese office established in Hanoi in 622 CE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• game in which one makes a big snowball by rolling it around in the snow

noun:

• sex establishment in which staff dress in costumes (schoolgirl, nurse, etc.) - From English "image club"

noun:

• (belief in) spiritual power possessed by sisters to protect their brothers (in the Ryukyu Islands)

~の noun / noun:

• freemium; offering both free and premium content in the same product (esp. in online gaming)

suffix noun:

• from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
• aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above

noun:

• first volume (e.g. book) ➜ 下【げ】・上巻

noun / prefix:

• superior quality; best; top; high class
• going up
• governmental; imperial
• presenting; showing

prefix:

• ana- (medical, biol.)

noun:

• décolleté; décolletage; the part of a woman's chest and back exposed by a low neckline - From French
• robe décolletée; low-cut dress - abbreviation - From French ➜ ローブデコルテ

noun / ~の noun:

• low-cut (neckline style); décolleté - From French

noun:

• origin; source - usu. 元
• base; basis; foundation; root - esp. 基
• cause - also 因, 原
• ingredient; material - esp. 素
• (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location ［元］
• original cost (or capital, principal, etc.)
• (plant) root; (tree) trunk
• first section of a waka ➜ 和歌

counter:

• counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry) ［本］

noun:

• handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cast amorous glances at a man (of a woman); to make eyes at; to give (someone) the eye; to make advances

noun:

• a family; a household; a home; one's family; whole family
• (one's own) style; school
• gang; (yazuka) family

expression:

• the child is father to the man; the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100 [literal]

noun:

• the rounds of tradesmen going door to door
• route man; door-to-door tradesman; order taker; order-taking
• thief taker; secret policeman ➜ 岡っ引き