godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する) / transitive:

• to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to place under someone's care ➜ 託する
• to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to leave (a message) with someone
• to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
• to use as a pretext

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to season (with salt, etc.); to bring out taste
• to use; to exercise; to display ➜ 気を利かせる【きをきかせる】

ichidan verb:

• to put someone to work; to make someone work ➜ 働かす
• to use; to apply; to exert; to exercise (restraint, one's imagination, one's brain, etc.)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation

noun / ~する noun:

• re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling

noun:

• troop headquarters; stronghold
• inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

• busyness; a lot of things to do
• frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bore; to tire; to weary; to stultify ➜ 飽かす
• to use lavishly (and without regret) - often intransitively as 〜に飽かせて

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to blunder; to bungle; to fail - archaism
• to use up all one's money (esp. on the services of prostitutes) - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hold an additional item in one's hand
• to use an additional hand to hold

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to place under someone's care ➜ 託す
• to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to leave (a message) with someone
• to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
• to use as a pretext

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to bore; to tire; to weary; to stultify
• to use lavishly (and without regret) - often intransitively as 〜に飽かして

godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する) / intransitive verb:

• to ripen; to mature
• to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act)
• to be in common use; to come to sound natural
• to become skilled

ichidan verb:

• to compare; to liken
• to use as a pretext

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to ripen; to mature
• to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act)
• to be in common use; to come to sound natural
• to become skilled

noun:

• device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play - archaism ➜ 田楽豆腐
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides

noun:

• special licence plate beginning with 8 used by police, ambulance, etc. vehicles
• special use vehicle (e.g. police car, ambulance, sprinkler truck, etc.) - colloquialism

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to carry; to transport; to move; to convey

godan ~ぶ verb:

• to come; to go - usu. as お運びになる, お運び下さる, etc. - honorific language ➜ 足を運ぶ

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to wield (a tool, etc.); to use

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to go (well, etc.); to proceed; to progress

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to get tired; to be exhausted
• to wear out; to be battered from long use

noun:

• handicap - abbreviation ➜ ハンディキャップ

adjectival noun:

• compact; portable; easy-to-use; handy - esp. ハンディー ➜ ハンディタイプ・ハンディスキャナ

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate
• to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time

noun / ~する noun:

• incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion
• being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength; failing to obtain the desired result - idiom

~する verb (spec.):

• to profit; to benefit from
• to take advantage of; to make good use of

noun:

• citizenship; civic rights; civil rights
• widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• disused; unused ➜ 不要
• useless; wasteful; of no use

noun:

• folding paper-case; kimono wrapping paper
• paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony) ➜ 懐紙【かいし】