godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to twist; to wrench; to turn (a switch on or off, etc.); to wring (a neck)
• to puzzle over
• to defeat easily

noun:

• sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies) - Food term ➜ 巻き寿司

noun:

• yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer
• grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow) - obsolete term
• failing to win a single hand during a half-game - Mahjong term

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

adjectival noun / noun:

• soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• first year; early years (of a reign or era)

noun:

• first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence)
• initials (of one's name)

noun:

• holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman)
• Virgin Mary

noun / ~する noun:

• overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel)

noun:

• store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)

noun:

• an unsettled course of action; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• uncrowned; unawarded (esp. in spite of being shortlisted or nominated)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to get off; to abandon (a ship or vehicle)

noun / ~する noun:

• circumference; perimeter; outer tracks (in a loop or curve); outside work

noun:

• alveolar consonant; sound (e.g. n,t,d) where the tongue touches (or nearly touches) the ridge behind your front top teeth ➜ 歯茎

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hand down; to pass on (story or tradition)

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term ➜ 中陰

noun:

• poor village; our own (little or poor) village

noun:

• lucky person; someone who made a lot of money (e.g. gambling or on the stock market)
• skilled batter; batter on a hot streak - Baseball term
• accident faker; someone who jumps in front of cars on purpose to extort money
• barbershop

expression / noun:

• Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• innateness; innate feature (or character, etc.)

expression:

• (following te-form verb) regardless of; whether (or not) - from いるようが ➜ ようが

expression:

• regardless of; whether (or not) - volitional form of verb + が ➜ が

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term ➜ 中陰・四有

noun:

• (nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive
• proper place to die
• dilemma; predicament; inescapable situation

expression:

• man proposes, God disposes; man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate) [literal] - proverb