noun:

• sitz bath; sitting bath; bath for the lower half of the body
• lower pool (e.g. in an onsen); lower bath

noun / ~する noun:

• failing to win an electoral seat in a single-member constituency, but winning a seat in a proportionally represented constituency

noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering) - Shintō term
• sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica) ➜ 榊

noun:

• system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)

noun:

• age of the moon; number of days since the new moon
• age in months (esp. of an infant)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take care of some business; to go on an errand
• to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet

noun:

• player's career; one's career in sport; one's career as an athlete - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark) - idiom
• having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

noun:

• user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously) - slang - abbreviation ➜ 固定ハンドル
• user who uses a online handle (instead of posting anonymously); namefag - slang - abbreviation ➜ 固定ハンドル

noun:

• member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to vomit; to throw up; to spit up
• to emit; to send forth; to breathe out
• to give (an opinion); to make (a comment); to express; to tell
• to confess

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• (for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy
• (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look askance (at); to look contemptuously; to look down on
• to cast an amorous glance at - archaism

noun:

• number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed); number of rotations; speed of revolution; speed of rotation

adjectival noun / noun:

• second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); the latter; defendant ➜ 甲【こう】
• stylish; chic; spicy; witty; tasty; romantic

adjectival noun:

• strange; quaint; queer

expression:

• thank you; good job; goodbye; goodnight - abbreviation - slang ➜ お疲れ様

noun:

• user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously) - slang - abbreviation ➜ 固定ハンドル
• user who uses a online handle (instead of posting anonymously); namefag - slang - abbreviation ➜ 固定ハンドル

lower nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to end; to be finished; to be exhausted - archaism ➜ 果てる
• to die; to perish - archaism ➜ 果てる

auxiliary verb:

• to do utterly; to do completely; indicates an extreme has been reached - archaism ➜ 果てる

noun / ~の noun:

• under the wing (esp. of an aircraft)
• under one's wing; under one's control

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk)
• to corrode; to weather; to crumble
• to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice)
• to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt
• to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down ➜ 気が腐る【きがくさる】

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to have the audacity to; to be bastard enough to - after the -masu stem of a verb; indicates scorn or disdain for another's action - usually written using kana alone - Kansai dialect ➜ やがる

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose a bet - archaism
• to be drenched; to become sopping wet - archaism

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness) - idiom
• to cross a pass - orig. meaning

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness) - idiom ➜ 峠を越す
• to cross a pass - orig. meaning

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down
• to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.)
• to make a sudden visit

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be slightly inferior; to be a degree worse
• to give an inch; to make a concession; to concede a point

noun:

• tattoo (esp. a tattoo of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo ➜ 倶利迦羅