godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to go through; to pierce; to penetrate
• to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through
• to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with; to keep (e.g. faith); to maintain (e.g. independence)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry
• to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on
• to have a trace of; to be tinged with ➜ 赤味を帯びた【あかみをおびた】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing; to sway
• to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to shock; to upset
• to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch) - Baseball term

particle:

• only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone ➜ しか
• as (e.g. as soon as, as much as)
• worth - e.g. ...だけの

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to contend for

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to go after (a prize, record, etc.)
• to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

prefix:

• next
• hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence) ➜ 次亜

counter:

• order; sequence; time; times

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• new; fresh

noun:

• new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object - orig. meaning
• new customer ➜ ご新規

noun:

• weight
• weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; grandeur; dignity
• importance; significance

noun:

• advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; ideologue

suffix noun:

• -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system)

noun:

• socialist; communist; anarchist - archaism

adjectival noun:

• cold; chilly; cool
• cold (e.g. attitude); frigid; indifferent; surly; curt
• composed; cool; calm

noun:

• turnout (of people)
• start (e.g. race, campaign, term of office)
• constant forward movement; initial charge; dash - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• preliminary inspection; having a look in advance
• preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes)

noun:

• siding (on a house); clapboard; weatherboard ➜ 下見板【したみいた】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to plan; to plot; to propose; to design; to intend; to contemplate
• to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business)
• to stand on tip-toes - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten
• to block (e.g. the way); to shut off; to shut in
• to plunge (in grief) ［とざす］

noun / ~する noun:

• tye-dye; tye-dyeing
• aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; stop
• contraction; squeezing; choke

interjection:

• goodbye; so long; farewell ➜ さようなら

noun / ~する noun:

• saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; parting with

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• farewell (performance, party, etc.); final; last; game-winning (e.g. hit)

noun:

• red bean paste; red bean jam; anko
• filling (e.g. of a manjū) ➜ 饅頭
• stuffing; padding

noun:

• visit; call
• arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; coming; appearance
• news; tidings; word

~する noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• to be careless; to be inattentive; to be absentminded; to be slow - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / ~する noun / adverb:

• long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled) - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• flaring up (fire); rising (e.g. steam) - onomatopoeia - archaism

noun / adjectival noun:

• mincing; chopping finely

adjectival noun / noun:

• short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly)
• gradual; bit by bit; little by little

noun:

• bodyguard; bouncer; guard
• bar (e.g. on a door); bolt
• stick or pole used for self-defence - orig. meaning

noun / suffix noun:

• kneading; gloss; tempering

noun or verb acting prenominally / noun:

• paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste)

noun:

• parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals - orig. 邌り, usu. お練り - Shintō term ➜ 練り歩く【ねりあるく】・お練り【おねり】

noun / ~する noun:

• writing
• entry (e.g. to a form)
• posting (e.g. to a blog)

particle:

• yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? - used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical)
• or; whether or not - after each alternative
• some- (e.g. something, someone) - after an interrogative ➜ 何か
• hmm; huh - indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles ➜ とか

prefix:

• very - emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective ➜ か弱い

suffix:

• -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y - suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word ➜ 定か

adverb:

• in that way - archaism

adjective:

• terrible; dreadful - colloquialism ➜ 凄い
• amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific - colloquialism ➜ 凄い
• to a great extent; vast (in numbers) - colloquialism ➜ 凄い