noun:

• the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street")
• street; district; quarters
• location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
• divide (e.g. between life and death)
• fork (in a road); crossroads - orig. meaning

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to ration out and survive on (some food)
• to eke out a living

noun:

• written investigation; report of an investigation
• school record (on a student); transcript (of grades)

noun:

• young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows) - abbreviation ➜ アナウンサー

noun / ~する noun:

• squatting (usu. with elbows on knees and often while smoking, typically considered a low-class posture)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on

noun:

• staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸

noun:

• poor who do not (or are unable to) seek help (from relatives or the authorities, etc.) - From English "silent poor"

noun:

• upper reaches (of a river); upper stream Antonym: 下【しも】
• top; upper part; upper half (of the body)
• long ago
• beginning; first
• person of high rank (e.g. the emperor) - honorific language ➜ 御上
• government; imperial court
• imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace ➜ 上方【かみがた】
• head (of a table)
• wife; mistress (of a restaurant) - honorific language

noun / ~の noun:

• being on duty; person on duty

noun / ~の noun:

• on the sea; on the ocean

expression:

• early on; earlier on; from early

noun / ~する noun:

• arrival on scene; arrival on location

noun:

• arrival on scene; arrival on location - abbreviation ➜ 現場到着

noun:

• sending on approval; sending on approbation - IT term

noun:

• first and second; A and B
• superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment; discrimination

noun / ~する noun:

• kneeling with the balls of the feet on the floor and sitting on one's heels ➜ 正座【せいざ】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be really good (at something); to be as good as a professional - slang

adverbial noun:

• just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stir; to mix ➜ 掻き混ぜる
• to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up; to jeer at; to interfere (when one talks)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stir; to mix ➜ 混ぜ返す
• to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up; to jeer at; to interfere (when one talks) ➜ 混ぜ返す

noun:

• teppeiseki stone; platy andesite; flagstone; dark blue or purple stone, esp. used in paving or gardens

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; undersized; small size ➜ 大振り

noun / ~する noun:

• short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.

noun:

• deposit (e.g. on the purchase of a house); earnest money; guarantee money
• margin (payment); warrant money; cover