godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to thin out; to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule

godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to live; to make a living; to get on with

~する verb (spec.):

• to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to slide down
• to make a fool of oneself
• to whoop it up; to be on the spree; to cut loose; to mess around

noun:

• circle (sometimes used for zero) ➜ 丸【まる】
• 'correct' (when marking) ➜ 二重丸【にじゅうまる】
• symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship) ➜ 〇〇【まるまる】
• period; full stop ➜ 句点
• maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound ➜ 半濁点

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

numeric / prefix:

• one - １ can also be read ワン. 壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents ➜ ワン

~の noun / suffix:

• best

~の noun:

• first; foremost

noun:

• beginning; start
• ace (playing card) ➜ エース
• bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

noun:

• ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples
• rice dance; rice festival
• tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso - abbreviation - Food term ➜ 田楽焼き
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides - abbreviation ➜ 田楽返し

noun:

• cash offering made on the occasion of one's visit to a shrine; money offering dedicated to the Shinto gods; fees for offering a branch of the sacred tree to the gods

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

noun:

• hard candy; candy suckers molded on a griddle; tortoise-shell candy [literal] ➜ 鼈甲色

conjunction:

• used when referring to oneself in a letter to one's superior - humble language ➜ 下る
• after a time; later; down to (e.g. from the Restoration down to present day)
• used when listing items or people by decreasing worth, rank, etc.

noun / ~の noun:

• bottom-up approach to management; on-the-spot decision-making; hands-on approach (policy, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• payment on delivery; cash on delivery; COD

noun:

• depending on the answer; hinging on the reply - four character idiom

noun:

• on the attack; on the offensive

noun / ~する noun:

• lifting a person high (in celebration); tossing someone into the air; carrying someone on shoulders

noun:

• teppan-yaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)

noun:

• word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter
• under the desk

noun:

• zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

noun:

• school centred on preparing students to get into university ➜ 進学
• high-level school a person has entered

noun / ~する noun:

• document screening; paper screening; narrowing down a field of applicants based on resumes, written applications, etc.

expression:

• unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a park, garden, zoo, etc.
• leaving kindergarten (e.g. end of day, on completion, expulsion)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to eat untidily
• to eat a bit of everything
• to dabble (in something); to try one's hand at various things