expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• (for something) to have occurred; to have done (something) - after the past tense form of a verb
• (for something) to happen on occasion

noun / ~の noun:

• lying face down; lying on one's face ➜ 俯せる【うつぶせる】

noun:

• placing upside down; placing face down

noun / ~する noun:

• self-satisfaction; self-complacency; complacency
• understanding (on one's own); realizing (through one's own ability)
• being paid back for one's deeds ➜ 自業自得【じごうじとく】

godan ~く verb:

• to ascend (the throne); to accede ➜ 付く【つく】
• to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to be hired; to be employed ［就く］
• to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart ［就く］
• to study (under teacher); to be an apprentice ［就く］

expression:

• one should not leave things unfinished; when a young Mencius returned home during the middle of school, his mother cut off the cloth she had been weaving on the loom to admonish him for stopping his studies midway - proverb ➜ 断機

expression / noun:

• hard work gone unnoticed; thankless task; a dance under a veranda [literal] - idiom
• off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennouji - orig. meaning

adverb:

• by return; (call or write back) without delay

noun:

• lapel; cuff; turn-up; flap
• going back; returning; turn (marathon, swimming, etc.)
• chorus; refrain
• shuttle service
• aliasing (in imaging)

noun / ~の noun:

• back-to-back; BTB - IT term

noun:

• wrapping (text on computer screen); wrap - IT term

expression:

• paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

noun / ~する noun:

• working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help - four character idiom

noun:

• measuring container; measure
• box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
• square on a grid; cell of a grid - esp. マス
• square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ［斗］

expression:

• there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave - proverb

noun:

• non-return-to-zero change-on-ones recording; NRZ-1 - IT term
• non-return-to-zero (mark) recording; NRZ(M)

adverb:

• between the waves; in the waves; on the waves; behind the waves; beneath the waves ➜ 波間【なみま】

lower nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out - archaism Antonym: 入る【はいる】
• to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out - archaism
• to move forward - archaism
• to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach - archaism
• to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display - archaism
• to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out - archaism
• to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform - archaism
• to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised - archaism
• to sell - archaism
• to exceed; to go over - archaism
• to stick out; to protrude - archaism
• to break out; to occur; to start; to originate - archaism
• to be produced - archaism
• to come from; to be derived from - archaism
• to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid - archaism
• to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get - archaism
• to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave - archaism
• to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain - archaism
• to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed - archaism
• to graduate - archaism

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

expression:

• to wait for a good opportunity; to come down on the right side of the fence; to see which way the cat jumps; to wait and see at Horagatoge [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef
• to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties; to hit a snag

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with ➜ 耐える【たえる】
• to restrain; to control; to keep a check on
• to forgive; to put up with; to pardon

noun:

• women's New Year (15th day of the first month of the year); New Year for women who were too busy to celebrate on the 1st (Kyoto-Osaka) ➜ 小正月

noun:

• arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.
• otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish) - orig. meaning

noun:

• Harvest festival held on the night of the tenth day of the tenth month (to send the rice paddy gods back to the mountains after harvest)

godan ~つ verb:

• to show signs of
• to show one's feelings or emotions in one's facial expression or behavior
• to put on airs
• to be become animated with voices and noise

noun:

• ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip
• walking in large steps
• walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to embarrass oneself
• to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku) - orig. meaning