noun:

• adding to the top; what's placed on the top

noun / ~の noun:

• underwater
• behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface

noun:

• the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to finger; to roll between the thumb and the fingers

expression:

• barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house ➜ 御門違い

expression:

• first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm

noun:

• The Greater East Asian War; The Pacific War (1941-1945) - sensitive

expression / ichidan verb:

• to understand the essence; to catch the main points ➜ 壷【つぼ】

noun:

• Aquarius (11th zodiacal sign); the Water Bearer; the Water Carrier

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have the end in sight; to see the mountains [literal] - idiom

expression:

• though the woman is weak, the mother is strong - proverb

expression:

• in contrast; on the contrary; on the other hand

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

noun / ~する noun:

• joining; joint
• intermediation; acting as an intermediary

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• relaying; taking over

noun:

• middle relief pitcher; middle reliever - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 中継ぎ投手
• pole-shaped item with a join in the middle
• tea container with a lid that is the same size as the body

noun:

• Edo period silver coin shaped like a sea cucumber

noun:

• Edo-period rice tax (paid using an obsolete Chinese coinage) ➜ 取米・永楽銭

noun:

• barbed metal weapon for catching criminals (Edo period)

noun:

• lowly people (Edo period); eta - derogatory term ➜ 穢多

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to tear; to rip up ［裂く］
• to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
• to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers) ［裂く］
• to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something ［割く］
• to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye - archaism ➜ 黥く

noun:

• small seal script (arising during China's Warring States period) ➜ 六体

noun:

• period during which monks may go into a summer retreat - Buddhism term ➜ 夏安居

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy with a traditional cap for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服【げんぶく】・初冠【ういこうぶり】

noun:

• person in charge of crowning the boy at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to keep a fine house; to put up a front; to make the front of the house nice (and be pretentious about it)

noun:

• theatrical light; instrument (US theatre light); lantern (UK theatre light); stage light