adverb / ~と adverb:

• stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness - onomatopoeia ➜ きりっと
• cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible
• creaking of a door or oar

godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する) / transitive:

• to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist ➜ 介する
• to worry; to mind; to care ➜ 介する

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate
• to declare; to stipulate; to express; to state; to insist

noun:

• stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers) - esp. 重石 - abbreviation ➜ 重し石
• weight (as used in balances)

noun:

• young boy or girl being trained as a geisha or as a kabuki actor

expression / adverb:

• with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can

noun:

• flunitrazepam (hypnotic drug formerly marketed as Rohypnol); roofies (flunitrazepam used as a date-rape drug)

noun:

• (as used in Northern Japan) greenling ➜ 鮎魚女
• (as used in Kochi and surrounds) medaka ricefish ➜ 目高

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to set up; to raise
• to nominate; to choose as a representative
• to push; to shove

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to throw away as useless; to scrap
• to make null and void; to renege; to annul; to revoke

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to use (public property) as if it belonged to oneself; to misappropriate; to appropriate; to embezzle
• to act selfishly - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• high speed; rapidity

noun:

• rapid-service train (not as fast as express); rapid train - abbreviation ➜ 快速電車

adverb / noun:

• (sound) of clashing swords; (arguing) as fiercely as clashing and blocking swords - four character idiom

noun:

• autumn where the foliage is as beautiful as brocade; autumn with beautiful leaves ➜ 錦繍

noun:

• fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)
• relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection
• family ties; affinity
• opportunity; chance (to meet someone and start a relationship) ［えん］
• pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes) ［えん］ - Buddhism term ➜ 因
• narrow open-air veranda ［えん］ - also written as 椽

expression:

• Riches and honors are as fleeting as floating clouds; Fortune and fame are here today, gone tomorrow - four character idiom

expression:

• when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel - proverb

noun:

• energy drink; nutritional supplement drink; vitamin drink

suffix noun:

• shop; factory; mill; works (as in ironworks); plant (as in manufacturing plant)

noun:

• thank you gift; gift given as thanks for a favor or for attending a funeral, etc.
• gift sent from a locality to a tax payer as part of the "furusato nozei" tax scheme ➜ ふるさと納税

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to give (as a gift); to present
• to confer; to bestow; to award

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

adjectival noun / noun:

• dry (esp. as in not wet or as in dry humour)