noun:

• (outward) appearance
• (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; style
• appearances; decency; show; display
• lip-service; insincere words; glib talk

noun:

• jar; pot; vase
• dice cup
• depression (i.e. the basin of a waterfall)
• target (when aiming an arrow) - archaism
• (figurative) bull's-eye - usually written using kana alone ➜ 思うつぼ
• key point (of a conversation, etc.) - usually written using kana alone
• acupuncture point; moxibustion point - usually written using kana alone
• nodes on a fingerboard (of a shamisen, etc.) - often ツボ - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~する noun:

• down (opposite of up); becoming lower; being brought down; bringing down
• being down (e.g. with a cold) and unable to continue (work)
• down (e.g. a system); not running (e.g. servers) - IT term
• download; downstream - abbreviation - IT term

noun:

• down (feathers)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to load (a gun, etc.); to charge
• to put into (e.g. emotion, effort)
• to include (e.g. tax in a sales price)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen ➜ 立ち込める

noun:

• starting point; beginning; outset
• drawing (e.g. of a bill); issuing; draft; draught
• shaking out
• throw (of dice); toss
• infusion - abbreviation ➜ 振り出し薬

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to row; to scull; to paddle ➜ 舟を漕ぐ
• to pedal (e.g. bicycle)
• to swing (on a swing)
• to operate a hand pump
• to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

noun:

• structure; construction; appearance
• posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; stance
• readiness; determination; preparedness
• kanji enclosure type radical (must enclose at least two sides of the kanji) - e.g. 門

noun:

• growth; development
• stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up)
• (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.)
• elongation; extension; carry (e.g. of sound); sustain

noun:

• alley; alleyway; lane ［路地・露路］
• bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; outdoors (non-greenhouse cultivation of crops) ［露地］
• teahouse garden ［路地・露地］
• path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

noun:

• before one's eyes; under one's nose

~の noun / noun:

• immediate (e.g. interests); present; at hand; short-run

noun:

• foresight; near future
• appearance

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to enclose; to surround; to encircle; to fence; to wall in
• to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to hide; to protect
• to keep (e.g. a mistress)
• to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.); to preserve
• to protect - archaism

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• innocence
• insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.)
• free from obstructive thoughts - Buddhism term ➜ 有心

~する noun / transitive:

• to pester someone (for cash, etc.)

noun:

• fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes)
• fox (i.e. a sly person)
• soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu ➜ 狐うどん【きつねうどん】
• light brown; golden brown - abbreviation ➜ きつね色

noun:

• back and front; inside and outside; both sides
• inside out (e.g. clothing)
• double-dealing; two faces (c.f. two-faced) ➜ 表裏
• outward appearance and actual condition; inner workings

noun / ~する noun:

• slip; skid; slide

noun:

• slip (i.e. petticoat)
• slip (of paper)
• Serial Link IP; SLIP - IT term

godan ~む verb:

• to conceive; to become pregnant

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with
• to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.); to involve (e.g. risk)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be swollen and ripe (of a plant ear, head, sprout, etc.)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• wobbling; tottering; shaking; unstably; unsteadily - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; indecisively - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• boiling up - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• dizzily; giddily - onomatopoeia ➜ くらくら

~と adverb / adverb:

• ticktock - onomatopoeia
• chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; clicking; clacking; clattering - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• dry and hard; (frozen) stiff - onomatopoeia
• hidebound; die-hard; stubborn; obstinate; bigoted - onomatopoeia
• scared stiff; tense; nervous; frightened - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / adverb / ~する noun:

• sticky - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied) - onomatopoeia
• all over (pasting, stamping, etc.) - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• clinging (e.g. of a person); following around; being all over (each other); flirting - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• cliched; hackneyed - colloquialism ➜ べた

noun:

• taking in; bringing in
• capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; winning over; pleasing
• confusion; bustle; misfortune; disorder

noun / ~する noun:

• importing (e.g. data); capturing (e.g. image) - IT term

noun:

• slider - Baseball term
• slider (e.g. volume control)
• slide (e.g. water slide, playground slide)
• slider (sandwich) - Food term

noun:

• counter
• service counter (e.g. at a bank)
• counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.)
• automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems) - IT term ➜ カウ・モニター

noun / ~する noun:

• coordinate; co-ordinate; coordination
• matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours)

noun:

• coordinated outfit (clothes and accessories); ensemble
• coordinates (items of clothing, furniture, etc. designed to be used together)

adjectival noun:

• cool (temperature, color, etc.)
• cool (i.e. calm and collected)
• cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.)

noun:

• course (of medical treatment) - From German "Kur"
• season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period) - From French "cours"

noun:

• shuttlecock - abbreviation ➜ シャトルコック
• shuttle service (e.g. bus) ➜ シャトルバス
• shuttle (weaving) ➜ 杼【ひ】
• space shuttle - abbreviation ➜ スペースシャトル