adjectival noun / noun:

• liked; well-liked; favourite; favorite Antonym: 嫌い【きらい】
• in love (with); loved; romantically interested (in)

noun / adjectival noun:

• faddism; eccentricity
• the way one likes; (as) it suits one

noun:

• chopped kabayaki eel on rice; eel fillets cooked over charcoal with soy flavoured sauce, cut in small pieces and serve on rice - Food term

noun:

• car painted with anime characters; painful car (because some people consider it painful to look at) [literal] - colloquialism - humorous term ➜ オタ車・ヲタ車
• Italian car; European car ［イタ車］ - original meaning - abbreviation

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul; to take risks with other people's money - idiom ➜ 他人のふんどしで相撲を取る【たにんのふんどしですもうをとる】

noun:

• food theme park; indoor park with many restaurants and food shops based on a single theme

expression / ichidan verb:

• to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet)
• to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution

noun:

• mixed vegetable and seafood tempura ［かき揚げ・掻き揚げ・掻揚げ・掻揚］
• something pulled upwards
• small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat ［かき揚げ・掻き揚げ・搔き揚げ］ - abbreviation ➜ かき揚げ城【かきあげじろ】
• turning up a lamp wick

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to receive permission ➜ 御免を蒙る
• to leave (with someone's permission); to retire
• to refuse; to beg off doing

noun:

• first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move
• forestalling; (seizing the) initiative ➜ 後手

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to connect (with a different flight); to make a (flight) connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)

noun:

• silver-gray hair; silver-grey hair - From English "romance gray"
• attractive older man with some gray hair

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to burst into flames
• to fire (of a gun)
• to fan a fire with one's breath

noun:

• foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company

noun:

• collection of treasures; collection of luck-bringing items
• pattern with drawings of several lucky items

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to tie; to bind; to fasten
• to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

expression:

• towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic) ➜ 向ける

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on) - as 〜にうつつ...

noun:

• sparkling waves; waves sparkling in the moonlight or with the light of the rising (setting) sun - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start with the looks; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to ask after (someone's health); to visit
• to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune; to suffer an attack

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with

noun:

• at the outset; at the very beginning; in the first place; to begin (start) with; first and foremost - four character idiom

noun:

• fabric with a brocade and embroidery; beautiful fabric; beautiful clothes
• beautiful poem; beautiful wording
• beautiful autumn leaves; beautiful flowers