noun:

• rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure (attract, invite) (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change (e.g. a bill); to transfer (e.g. money); to switch over; to move over

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be struck by a chance blow; to be embroiled in; to be caught up in; to be dragged into

expression / ichidan verb:

• to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally

noun / ~する noun:

• give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose

expression:

• do your best; give it your all - four character idiom

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to train; to teach; to educate
• to acquire (information); to learn; to cram
• to stock; to stock up on
• to prepare (esp. ingredients for brewing)
• to insert; to build into; to fit

noun:

• fire ship
• steamship (esp. a paddle steamer); steamboat ［かせん］
• ship with a fire to attract fish while net fishing at night (prior to the invention of electric fish-luring lights) ［ひぶね］

expression:

• I'm beaten; I give up ➜ 参る

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to depend on somebody for food and lodging - idiom
• to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low position - idiom

noun:

• reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter

expression / ichidan verb:

• to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law

noun:

• ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip ➜ 禹歩
• dance steps inspired by this ceremony

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode
• to cut down (budget, expenses, salary, etc.); to curtail; to reduce
• to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out

expression / ichidan verb:

• to twist a thread
• to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability - idiom - abbreviation ➜ 腕によりをかける

noun / ~する noun:

• return toss (e.g. from a catcher to a pitcher)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• auscultation; listening to a person's chest with a stethoscope - Medicine term

noun:

• killing a passerby in order to test a new sword

noun / ~する noun:

• (a bar hostess) coming to work accompanied by a customer - four character idiom

expression:

• discouraged person; (like a) sheep being led to a slaughterhouse

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to a club (one was formerly a member of) - colloquialism - obscure term

expression:

• You must lose a fly to catch a trout - idiom

noun:

• papercraft sculpture representing a scene akin to a painting

noun:

• blow to a vital point of a person's body - Martial Arts term ➜ 当て身【あてみ】

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward; to be prone to
• to go down (sun); to wane; to sink; to decline