noun:

• rock partially submerged in water; rock partially emerging from the water
• pumice stone

noun:

• cat's-eye (semiprecious stone) ➜ 猫目石
• cat's-eye (light-reflecting road stud)

noun:

• (surface of) field; plain
• unworked surface of (quarried) stone; (rough) surface of plank

expression:

• How can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); Only a hero can understand a hero - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• raising (a question); bringing up (a problem); instituting (a lawsuit); filing (a claim); submitting (a case)
• lifting up - archaism

noun:

• using a meat ax when a knife would suffice; taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut; using a grand-scale measure (a massive instrument) to deal with an insignificant problem

noun:

• showing a mistake in a manuscript (e.g. with a dot or a line)

adverb:

• a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute ➜ ちょっと

expression:

• man is not made of stone; man is made of flesh and blood - proverb

adverb:

• a little; a bit; slightly ➜ ちょっと
• just a minute; for a moment; briefly ➜ ちょっと
• somewhat; rather; fairly; pretty; quite ➜ ちょっと

noun:

• Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE) ［こうらい］ - abbreviation

noun / prefix noun:

• Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty)

noun:

• (stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine ［狛］ ➜ 狛犬

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale; to use a sprat to catch a mackerel; to get big returns on a small investment - idiom

~と adverb / ~する noun:

• with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; with a click - onomatopoeia ➜ ぱたり
• suddenly; all of a sudden - onomatopoeia ➜ ぱたり

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a clash; with a thud; with a bang; with a flop; plump - onomatopoeia
• unexpectedly (meeting someone) - onomatopoeia
• suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt) - onomatopoeia

noun / ~の noun:

• some; few; a number of; a little (bit)

adverbial noun:

• somewhat; to a certain extent

~の noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• many; a lot ［そこばく・そくばく・そこば］ - archaism

noun:

• bad deed which ultimately results in the creation of a good Buddhist - Buddhism term
• older person conducting a funeral service for a younger relative, in particular, a parent for a child

noun / ~する noun:

• starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee
• going inside a shop
• opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)

noun:

• asphalt rock; asphalt stone; bituminous rock; rock asphalt

noun / ~する noun:

• establishing a club (at a school, college, etc.); establishing a division (in a company)

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to become covered in moss; to be moss-covered; to have moss growing on itself; to become aged (e.g. building, stone)

noun / ~する noun:

• a round; a turn; going around; making a round ➜ 一回り【ひとまわり】

noun:

• first anniversary of a person's death ➜ 一周忌【いっしゅうき】

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to burn; to kindle; to light (a fire); to make (a fire) ➜ 薫く【たく】
• to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to stoke (a boiler)
• to use (a camera flash)

noun:

• to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school ➜ 寺子屋
• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
• to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)

~と adverb / noun:

• (with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang - onomatopoeia

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to pluck (e.g. a fruit, a leaf); to pick; to tear off (e.g. a ticket stub, a branch from a tree)