noun / ~する noun:

• abbreviation; simplified form of a character; cutting out some strokes in a character; omitting some passages

noun:

• entrance (i.e. of a Japanese house) ➜ 上がり口
• start of a rise (e.g. in prices)

noun:

• no food or drink (e.g. as a sign in a library, etc.); no eating or drinking

noun:

• alternative name; alternate name
• assumed name of a customer in a brothel (for anonymity)
• stage name

noun:

• noble's consort; consort of a prince; consort of a duke; duchess; princess

noun / ~する noun:

• (a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest

pre-noun adjectival:

• a particular; a certain ［さる］
• that kind of; such a

noun / ~する noun:

• raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running

noun / adjectival noun:

• (a man) having a commanding face and a powerful physique - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• forming a four-of-a-kind; declaring a kong - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 槓子

noun / ~する noun:

• harnessing (a horse to a cart, esp. for a race)

noun / ~する noun:

• overcoming a difficulty; breaking through a barrier; clearing a hurdle - four character idiom

counter:

• counter for numbering the rounds in a tournament

suffix noun:

• fight with ... rounds (e.g. boxing)

noun:

• castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

noun:

• playing an entire composition without break; continually playing (in the background of a melody)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to consider (all the circumstances); to bear (a number of things) in mind

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take the responsibility (for an action); to carry out in a responsible manner

noun:

• statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half lotus position (often of Maitreya) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒菩薩

adverb:

• a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning)

noun:

• the four most important tournaments in a particular sport; grand slam tournaments; majors

noun:

• net fishing
• fisherman's throw (resembling the casting of a fishing net) - Sumo term

noun:

• period of grace (e.g. in which merchant vessels are allowed to leave a belligerent nation's port after an outbreak of war) - Law term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of; to strike on; to hit on an answer; to seize the crux of a problem

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a class; studying a subject; completing a course

noun:

• a coupler; a splice; a successor; an heir