expression / godan ~る verb:

• be absorbed in deep thought; be sunk in thought

noun / ~する noun:

• nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)

conjunction / expression:

• or; otherwise ➜ 又

conjunction / expression:

• or; otherwise

expression:

• somehow or other

expression:

• somehow or other

expression:

• around ...; or so

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse)
• to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest) ➜ 惹く【ひく】・注意を引く
• to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to pull in
• to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
• to draw (a line, plan, etc.) ➜ 図面を引く
• to catch (a cold) ➜ 風邪を引く
• to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument) ➜ 弾く【ひく】
• to look up (e.g. a dictionary); to consult ➜ 辞書を引く
• to haul; to pull (vehicles) - esp. 牽く
• to subtract; to deduct
• to recede; to ebb; to fade
• to be descend from; to inherit (a characteristic)
• to quote; to cite; to raise (as evidence)
• to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.); to install (e.g. a telephone); to supply (e.g. water)
• to hold (e.g. a note)
• to apply (e.g. lipstick); to oil (e.g. a pan); to wax (e.g. a floor)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to move back; to draw back; to recede ➜ 退く【ひく】
• to lessen; to subside; to ebb ➜ 退く【ひく】
• to resign; to retire; to quit ➜ 退く【ひく】

noun:

• judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner (from the decisions of Ōoka Tadasuke, a jurist in 17th century Japan)

noun:

• karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)

adverb:

• in a line; in a row - onomatopoeia

~する noun / ~の noun:

• to contact; to get in touch ➜ ご連絡

noun:

• contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message ➜ ご連絡
• connection; coordination; junction

~の noun:

• intercalary; intercalaris; internuncial

noun:

• dried codfish soaked in water for few days, and cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water (Kyoto speciality)

noun:

• finishing reading

noun / ~の noun:

• non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story

noun:

• breaks and pauses (in a sentence) ➜ 句読

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; to wrap in wafer paper [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Tochū tea (high in minerals and reputed to be beneficial for weight loss and in cases of high blood pressure) ➜ 杜仲

noun:

• (in Japan) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G) ➜ 十二律・仲呂
• (in gagaku) scale similar to Mixolydian mode on G ➜ 呂旋・六調子

noun:

• child (esp. a boy)
• viscount ➜ 子爵
• master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius) - honorific language
• philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings ➜ 諸子百家
• you (of one's equals) - archaism

suffix noun:

• -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to get stuck (in); to lodge (in)

noun / ~の noun:

• predictable; repetitive; being in a rut; set in one's ways - From English "one pattern"

noun:

• small fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt - Food term
• seafood pickled in soy (esp. squid) - Food term

noun:

• division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner

noun / ~する noun:

• bursting through the surface; suddenly surfacing; rapid ascent
• sudden increase (e.g. in public interest)
• fast rise (e.g. in rank)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall in public esteem; to fall in value (stocks)