noun:

• woman purported to bring good luck to the man she is near - colloquialism

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to go through the motions; to do something for form's sake

noun / ~する noun:

• giving rise to the desire to save all sentient beings - Buddhism term
• praying; prayer

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to rock the left hand (to produce vibrato on a koto, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)

godan ~す verb:

• to boil, then discard the liquid (in order to remove astringency)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn up (at the edge); to leave a clean aftertaste

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to see well in the dark; to have good night vision

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hang up (e.g. a picture on the wall); to let hang; to suspend (from); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag) ➜ 壁にかける
• to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to cover
• to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.) ➜ 眼鏡を掛ける
• to make (a call) ➜ 電話を掛ける
• to spend (time, money); to expend; to use ➜ 時間を掛ける
• to pour (liquid) onto; to sprinkle (powder or spices) onto; to splash; to throw (e.g. water) onto somebody ➜ 塩をかける
• to turn on (an engine, radio, etc.); to set (a dial, an alarm clock, etc.); to put on (a DVD, a song, etc.)
• to cause (somebody inconvenience, trouble, etc.); to burden (someone); to impose ➜ 迷惑を掛ける
• to multiply (arithmetic operation)
• to secure (e.g. lock) ➜ 鍵を掛ける
• to take a seat; to sit; to rest (something on something else); to support (something on something else) ➜ 腰を掛ける
• to bind - also 繋ける
• to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble ➜ 賭ける【かける】
• to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on
• to hold (a play, festival, etc.)
• to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.)
• to argue (in court); to deliberate (in a meeting); to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.) ➜ 裁判に掛ける
• to increase further
• to catch (in a trap, etc.)
• to set atop
• to erect (a makeshift building)
• to apply (insurance) ➜ 保険を掛ける
• to pun (on a word); to use (a word) as a pivot word; to play on words ➜ 掛詞

suffix / ichidan verb:

• to be partway doing ...; to begin (but not complete) ...; to be about to ... - after -masu stem of verb ➜ 話し掛ける
• to address (someone); to direct (something, to someone); to do (something, to someone) - after -masu stem of verb; indicates (verb) is being directed to someone ➜ 話し掛ける

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to create; to bring forth; to produce
• to invent; to think up and bring into being
• to give birth to; to bear

noun:

• foreign substance; foreign body; foreign contamination
• strange object; unusual object
• dead body; corpse; remains - archaism

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• class; order; rank

suffix:

• et cetera; etc.; and the like ➜ 等【など】

prefix:

• equal; iso-

noun / ~の noun:

• black person

noun:

• woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes - archaism ➜ 玄人

expression:

• more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race - proverb

noun:

• the five sins in Buddhism (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood and drink)

noun:

• the five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)

noun:

• the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, and down)

prefix:

• hexagonal

noun:

• ANZUS Treaty (Australia, New Zealand and the United States)

noun:

• wrestler who keeps going up and down the rankings - Sumo term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• memories of the past events (being, becoming) far and distant - archaism - four character idiom ➜ 往事渺茫

noun:

• the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death) - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive - four character idiom

expression:

• Wrong and right are but two faces of the same coin - four character idiom

expression:

• Good and evil are but two faces of the same coin - four character idiom - Buddhism term