noun:

• being narrow in the middle; something narrow in the middle - obscure term
• mallet - archaism ➜ 杵

noun / ~の noun:

• number one in all of America; best in all of America

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take to heart; to keep in mind; to bear in mind ➜ 念頭におく

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with
• to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with
• to do with something as one pleases
• to appreciate

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium
• to suit; to go well together; to be a good match

expression:

• in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn; in spring one sleeps like a log - proverb

noun:

• simultaneously running for a seat in a single-member constituency and a seat in a proportionally representated constituency

expression / noun:

• a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in a line; to stand in a row
• to be equal

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people

noun:

• konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue
• konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly - Food term

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

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to gatecrash
• to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon; to pile in

noun:

• dish placed on the far side of the serving table (kaiseki cuisine); side dishes at a banquet (e.g. sashimi, salad, vinegared dish; not rice or soup) - Food term ➜ 懐石
• resting one's forehead on the chest of one's opponent and grabbing his belt - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee
• going inside a shop
• opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)

adjectival noun / noun:

• no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken
• hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless
• cannot; must not; not allowed

noun:

• neutral point (in go); intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game

noun:

• mixture of ingredients (originally five)
• mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles) - abbreviation ➜ 五目飯【ごもくめし】・五目鮨【ごもくずし】・五目そば【ごもくそば】
• gomoku (game); five in a row; go-bang - abbreviation ➜ 五目並べ

noun:

• horsepower; HP ➜ 馬力
• home page ［ＨＰ］ - IT term ➜ ホームページ
• half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding) ［ＨＰ］ ➜ ハーフパイプ
• HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game) ［ＨＰ］
• harp ［ｈｐ］ ➜ ハープ

noun:

• naked tribe; tribe or group that habitually goes naked
• nudist; nudism ➜ ヌーディズム
• being habitually undressed at home or in hotel rooms etc. (e.g. dressed in underwear) - slang

noun:

• Sannou Festival (Hie Shrine in Tokyo; June 15) ➜ 山王権現
• Sannou Festival (Hie Shrine in Shiga; April 14)

adjective:

• dark; gloomy; murky
• depressed; dispirited; down in the dumps; dark (mood)
• dark (in colour); dull
• ill-boding; dark (e.g. past); suspicious
• unlikely (to succeed); hopeless; unpromising
• unfamiliar (with); ignorant (of) - as 〜に暗い Antonym: 明るい

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for

noun:

• drumming in the streets to announce a tournament - Sumo term
• announcing an event by walking around in the streets beating a drum; drum used to announce an event by walking around in the streets