noun:

• immersion; dipping; in microscopy, immersing both the objective lens and the specimen in a liquid to increase the numerical aperture; in photolithography, filling the air gap between the final lens and the wafer surface with a liquid to increase the resolution

noun / suffix:

• stuffing; packing - づめ when a suffix

noun:

• end (esp. the foot of a bridge)
• lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony
• tea master
• endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively)
• sweet eel sauce - abbreviation
• middle-aged woman - archaism

suffix noun:

• appointment to a particular workplace
• using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment)
• continuing; keep doing for period of time - after the -masu stem of a verb

adjective:

• light; well-lit; well-lighted
• bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; brightly-colored
• cheerful; bright; spirited; sunny (e.g. disposition)
• encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.); promising; of fair prospects
• familiar (with); knowledgeable (about); well versed (in) - as 〜に明るい
• fair (e.g. politics); clean; impartial

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something)
• to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to settle in
• to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

noun:

• method of patterning fabric by pounding on leaves (or flowers, etc.) placed on it, or by rubbing in dye made from these materials - obscure term
• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner ➜ 摺り込み染め

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of
• to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be valid
• to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on; to keep going

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to ascend; to go up; to climb
• to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise - usu. 昇る
• to go to (the capital)
• to be promoted
• to add up to
• to advance (in price)
• to swim up (a river); to sail up
• to come up (on the agenda)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to
• to passively leave to someone else's facilities ➜ 想像に任せる
• to leave to take its natural course ➜ 成り行きに任せる
• to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim)
• to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done ➜ 力任せ

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to steal; to rob; to snatch; to pocket; to plunder
• to deceive; to trick; to cheat
• to graze (in passing); to skim; to brush against; to touch lightly
• to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.); to flit (through one's mind, across one's face)
• to do (something) while no one is looking - often as 目をかすめて
• to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate - archaism

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise
• to notice; to feel
• to understand; to comprehend; to grasp
• to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure)
• to experience; to go through; to learn
• to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know
• to concern

noun:

• falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall ➜ 尻餅をつく
• mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

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.)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow)
• to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause) - in the form of 身を投じる ➜ 身を投じる
• to invest; to put in
• to administer (medicine); to give

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to surrender
• to take advantage of; to make full use of
• to fit well with; to match with; to be in tune with
• to stay (at a lodging)

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow) - usu. 投じる ➜ 投じる

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause) - in the form of 身を投ずる
• to invest; to put in
• to administer (medicine); to give

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:

• to surrender
• to take advantage of; to make full use of
• to fit well with; to match with; to be in tune with
• to stay (at a lodging)

expression:

• you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it; judge a man by living with him, and try a horse by riding him [literal] - proverb

expression:

• you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it; try a horse by riding him, and judge a man by living with him [literal] - proverb ➜ 人には添うてみよ馬には乗ってみよ【ひとにはそうてみようまにはのってみよ】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stick; to paste; to affix - esp. 貼る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (tent)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to form (e.g. ice on a pond)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to fill; to swell

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stick out; to put; to slap

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be expensive

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to keep a watch on; to be on the lookout

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become one tile away from completion ［張る］ - Mahjong term ➜ テンパる・聴牌

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to span; to generate - Mathematics term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp
• to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake
• to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful - often as 冴えない
• to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute
• to be satisfying - often as 冴えない ➜ 冴えない
• to become frigid; to become intensely cold - original meaning; now somewhat old-fashioned

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to drift; to float
• to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air
• to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood)
• to wander; to walk around aimlessly
• to be unsteady; to be unstable - archaism
• to falter; to flinch; to wince - archaism
• to live in unreliable circumstances - archaism

noun:

• muscle; tendon; sinew
• vein; artery
• fiber; fibre; string
• line; stripe; streak
• reason; logic ➜ 筋が通る
• plot; storyline
• lineage; descent
• school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
• aptitude; talent
• source (of information, etc.); circle; channel
• well-informed person (in a transaction)
• logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
• ninth vertical line - Shōgi term
• seam on a helmet
• gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 筋蒲鉾
• social position; status - archaism

suffix noun / noun / ~の noun:

• on (a river, road, etc.); along

suffix / counter:

• counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
• (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• carrying out one's duties
• ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege

noun:

• territory given by one's liege; fief; fiefdom

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to finish; to stop; to end; to put an end to; to bring to a close
• to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to shut down; to shut up
• to put away; to put back; to keep; to store

auxiliary verb / godan ~う verb:

• to finish ...; to do ... completely - after the -te form of a verb, indicates completion (and sometimes reluctance, regret, etc.)

noun:

• passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
• passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time ➜ 拾い箸

noun:

• disco dancing with synchronized arm motions

~と adverb:

• falling in (large) drops (e.g. rain, hail); sprinkle (e.g. rain, salt); pattering; clattering (e.g. hail) - onomatopoeia
• flipping through a book; thumbing through a book; riffling cards - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adjectival noun:

• sparse; scattered (e.g. clumps of grass) - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / ~の noun:

• crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese, non-sticky rice); loose and falling apart - onomatopoeia

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised Antonym: 下がる
• to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in
• to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade
• to get out (of water); to come ashore
• to increase - also written as 騰る in ref. to price
• to improve; to make progress
• to be promoted; to advance
• to be made (of profit, etc.)
• to occur (esp. of a favourable result)
• to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.) - often as 〜で上がる
• to be finished; to be done; to be over
• (of rain) to stop; to lift
• to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die
• to win (in a card game, etc.)
• to be arrested ［挙がる］
• to turn up (of evidence, etc.) ［挙がる］
• to be deep fried ［揚がる］
• to be spoken loudly
• to get stage fright
• to be offered (to the gods, etc.)
• to go; to visit - humble language
• to eat; to drink - honorific language
• to be listed (as a candidate) - esp. 挙がる
• to serve (in one's master's home)
• to go north - in Kyoto

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to be complete; to finish - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 出来上がる