noun:

• pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making) - obscure term

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to peek (though a keyhole, gap, etc.)
• to look down into (a ravine, etc.)
• to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.)
• to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at
• to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.); to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to examine (an expression); to study (a face)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to face - esp. 臨く - archaism ➜ 臨む

expression / ichidan verb:

• to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef
• to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties; to hit a snag

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud)
• to make a young woman one's own thing

noun:

• cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand ➜ 屋台店
• festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; dancing platform ➜ 踊り屋台
• stage prop fashioned after a large building
• framework (of a house, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 屋台骨
• house (esp. a small and miserable house) - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• a line; a streak; a stripe; a ray (of light); a wisp (of smoke)

noun:

• one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one passage (in a book)
• one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
• the same logic; the same reason - archaism

noun:

• ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip
• walking in large steps
• walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg

noun:

• food set out on a stand; gift placed on a stand
• food brought on a large stand to a brothel by a red-light district caterer - archaism

noun:

• zip fastener; zipper; zip - poss. from 巾着 (きんちゃく)
• chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)

noun / ~する noun:

• reaching a decision by using a circular letter; reaching a decision via a document circulated to all employees

noun:

• forming a four-of-a-kind by adding a self-drawn tile to an open three-of-a-kind - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 加槓・槓

noun / ~する noun:

• lighting a torch; lighting up a lamp

noun:

• person who leads a funeral procession with a torch

expression:

• most thrilling relationships for a man (another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife)

noun:

• (a) jump
• splashes (usu. of mud)
• upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo) - often 撥ね
• close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup

noun:

• paper flowers ［紙花］
• paper flowers for a funeral ［紙花］ - archaism
• paper handed out as a means of congratulations in a red light district (as a promise of a future money donation) ➜ 小菊【こぎく】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag) ➜ 猿ぐつわをかます【さるぐつわをかます】
• to wedge into a space
• to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit) ➜ 一発かます【いっぱつかます】
• to pull (a joke); to say or do (something stupid); to try (a bluff)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag)
• to wedge into a space
• to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit)
• to pull (a joke); to say or do (something stupid); to try (a bluff)

noun:

• being carried away by a current
• drowning in a river; person who drowned in a river
• cancellation; standing up; breaking a promise

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to read a kanji with a different pronunciation
• to load (e.g. data on a computer); to read
• to change the language or wording (of a provision, etc.); to apply a different term - Law term

expression / noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death ➜ 丑の刻参り

noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bury (e.g. in the ground)
• to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed
• to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to bridge (a difference, a gap); to fill (a seat, a vacant position); to fill out
• to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends; to compensate for
• to put cold water (in a bath)
• to cover; to scatter something over

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to publish; to print; to carry (an article)
• to put up; to hang out; to hoist; to fly (a sail); to float (a flag, kite, etc.)
• to tuck up (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
• to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to adopt (a slogan)
• to stoke a fire; to fan a flame

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