noun:

• new breed of humans (used to refer to the younger generation, who have different ideals and sensibilities)

noun:

• iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun-yomi) ➜ 踊り字

expression:

• baby-making machine (famously used by Health, Labour and Welfare Minister Yanagisawa Hakuo to refer to women)

noun:

• calf (before it is fattened or used for breeding, usu. referring to 6 to 12-month-olds)

noun:

• water flowing underneath; "one's true feelings" [figurative]
• kanji "water" radical at bottom (radical 85) - as in 泰

noun:

• water caltrop (Trapa natans); water chestnut; caltrop

noun:

• (animal) feed tray; feed trough; feed box; feed bowl; bait box (e.g. for fishing)

~する verb (irregular):

• to do; to carry out; to perform
• to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
• to serve as; to act as; to work as
• to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
• to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as - as 〜にする,〜とする
• to decide on; to choose - as 〜にする

~する verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) - as 〜がする
• to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
• to be worth; to cost
• to pass (of time); to elapse

~する verb (irregular) / transitive:

• to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B - as AをBにする
• to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B - as AをBにする
• to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B - as AをBにする
• to feel A about B - as AをBにする

suffix / ~する verb (irregular):

• verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")

auxiliary verb / ~する verb (irregular):

• creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go") ➜ お願いします・御
• to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to - as 〜うとする,〜ようとする ➜ とする

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to fill with water

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to surge (water or waves)

noun:

• adding water (to a plant)

noun:

• backwash; rip current; undertow ➜ 寄せ波
• stern wave
• drawback (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave trough reaches land before a crest) ➜ 押し波

noun:

• pitcher; water jug; watering can
• container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony) - usu. not 水差し

noun:

• pressurized water reactor; pressurised water reactor; PWR

noun:

• pressurized water reactor; pressurised water reactor; PWR

noun:

• instant water heater; on-demand water heater

noun:

• wastewater; waste water; liquid waste; black water

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of
• to run (between); to operate (between); to connect - of public transport
• to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in
• to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through
• to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout
• to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far
• to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed
• to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted
• to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for
• to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense
• to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood
• to be straight (e.g. wood grain)
• to be well-informed; to be wise - archaism

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun / ~する noun:

• please accept (this); used to refer to another's acceptance of one's present - humble language ➜ ご笑納・つまらない物ですが

noun:

• chopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish ➜ 取り皿

noun:

• walker (used by old people to assist them to walk); walking machine; walking frame

noun:

• Folk Shinto (term used by Reform Shintoists to refer to sects of syncretized Shinto) ➜ 復古神道

conjunction:

• if one were to speak of ..., then certainly; if it were the case that ..., then certainly; if it were a ..., then certainly; phrase used to indicate the inevitability of what follows it (based on what precedes it) ➜ 言う・言う
• so that means (when used in sentence-initial position)

noun / ~する noun:

• please accept (this); used to refer to another's acceptance of one's present - humble language ➜ つまらない物ですが・笑納