expression / ichidan verb:

• to lay hands on; to touch
• to care for; to look after
• to make off with; to steal

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot - idiom ➜ 痛い所

noun / ~の noun:

• dry taste (e.g. sake, wine)
• a liking for sake; one who likes sake
• salty (taste)
• harsh; scathing

noun:

• former residence status in Japan for foreign students in Japanese language schools and vocational schools (abolished in 2010)

noun:

• book cover; outer wrapper for a book (put on by a bookseller before being handed to a customer) ➜ ブックカバー

godan ある verb (spec.):

• to give; to confer; to bestow - honorific language
• to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor - honorific language

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to know; to understand; to be aware of; to regard as; to take for
• to consent; to agree

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to be nostalgic for
• to imagine; to guess; to infer - usually written using kana alone

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to collect
• to solicit; to seek
• to look for evidence; to check; to compare
• to summon

yodan ~ふ verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to be nostalgic for - archaism ➜ 偲ぶ
• to imagine; to guess; to infer - archaism ➜ 偲ぶ

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for

noun:

• something painted white; white makeup (for an actor)

~の noun:

• painted white

noun:

• protection law; shield law; law for the protection of something ➜ オゾン層保護法【オゾンそうほごほう】

lower nidan verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to give; to let one have; to do for one - archaism ➜ 呉れる

counter:

• counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi

noun:

• enclosure; fence; wall; pen; paling
• storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.)
• partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies
• mistress - abbreviation ➜ 囲い者
• castle; strong defensive position - Shōgi term

noun / ~する noun:

• rendezvous; meeting; assignation

noun:

• area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony
• waiting room - abbreviation ➜ 待合室【まちあいしつ】
• meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc. - archaism - abbreviation ➜ 待合茶屋【まちあいぢゃや】

noun:

• retort; sealed plastic pouch typically containing ready-made sauce or stew; boil-in-the-bag - Food term
• retort; glass vessel used for distillation (now largely obs.) - Chemistry term - From Dutch

noun:

• scaffold; scaffolding
• foothold; footing
• foothold (e.g. in business); foundation; base
• convenience for transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail) ➜ 交通の便【こうつうのべん】

expression:

• necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one - proverb

noun:

• an utai (noh chant) piece for recitation
• accompanied singing in which the singing is emphasized over the instrumental part (emphasised)

expression:

• Defeat is inevitable for an overconfident army; Being arrogant and overconfident inevitably leads to defeat (failure); Pride comes before a fall - four character idiom

noun:

• entrance exam for a university giving preference to persons who excel in one special field (skill); one-talent oriented entrance examination - four character idiom