noun:

• flake; lamella (of bone); foil (of metal); flat, thin slice of a material

noun:

• master; head of household; man of the house; principal supporter of a temple

noun:

• huge amount of material (worth reading); richness of content (of a book)

noun:

• crest of dam; top of dam

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to run (a business); to operate; to conduct; to practice (law, medicine, etc.)
• to carry out; to perform; to lead (a life)
• to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

noun:

• eighth (place, position, etc.) - abbreviation
• having eight eyes; having many eyes
• (of a fabric) having a loose knit
• lamprey ➜ 八目鰻
• eight-holed arrow whistle ➜ 八目鏑

noun / ~する noun:

• freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; bonus; an extra
• price reduction; discount
• exaggeration

noun:

• making noodles by hand
• striking a deal; coming to an agreement; reconciliation
• killing with bare hands

noun:

• utility
• room with sink, washing machine, etc. in a house or apartment

noun:

• utility room (with sink, washing machine, etc. in a house or apartment)

noun:

• huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow)
• biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute) - archaism ➜ 琵琶

noun:

• homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form

noun:

• bi (ancient Chinese artifact; flat jade or glass disc with a circular hole in the centre)

noun:

• interior closed room with heavily plastered walls in a Heian palace ➜ 寝殿造り

noun:

• young woman who takes walks, etc. with male clients for a charge - From English "stick girl"

noun:

• karuta game in which players race to grab cards associated with a given reading ➜ カルタ・読み札・取り札

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child
• to provide for a child (children)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to
• to passively leave to someone else's facilities ➜ 想像に任せる
• to leave to take its natural course ➜ 成り行きに任せる
• to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim)
• to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done ➜ 力任せ

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to handle well; to handle deftly
• to deal with; to manage; to settle; to sort; to process
• to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.); to cut and trim (fish)
• to sell out (completely); to dispose of (all stock)
• to untangle; to disentangle; to part; to arrange (e.g. the hem of a kimono)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be slightly inferior; to be a degree worse
• to give an inch; to make a concession; to concede a point

noun:

• many monsters, spirits, etc. forming a line and walking through the night - four character idiom
• veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about presenting a most scandalous sight

expression:

• A single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; Even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; Watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves - four character idiom

noun:

• (Okinawa) sacred site; sacred grove - from 拝み ➜ 御嶽【うたき】

noun:

• (fixing) boundaries for religious practices - Buddhism term
• prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice) - Buddhism term
• fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple - Buddhism term
• short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store - archaism ➜ 帳場格子
• barrier; dimensional barrier; containment zone; containment barrier; mystical barrier - esp. in games, manga, etc. - colloquialism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to take on; to undertake; to accept; to take charge of; to assume responsibility for
• to take over; to inherit
• to guarantee; to vouch for
• to contract (a disease)