adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak through one's tears; to speak with tears in one's eyes

noun:

• Heike biwa; Heike lute; biwa with 4 strings and 5 frets, esp. for accompanying the Heike Monogatari ➜ 琵琶
• chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment ➜ 平曲【へいきょく】

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to remove one's shirt thus revealing the skin; to remove the upper part of one's garments
• to work with great effort ➜ 片肌脱ぐ・一肌脱ぐ

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; to wash blood for blood [literal] - idiom

noun:

• bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern)
• umbrella with bull's-eye pattern - abbreviation ➜ 蛇の目傘

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.)
• to cower; to shrink in on oneself

noun:

• one's family temple; temple with one's family grave

noun / ~の noun:

• single ➜ ダブル
• single bed; hotel room with a single bed - abbreviation ➜ シングルベッド
• single-breasted
• single-cuffed
• single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters) - abbreviation ➜ シングル幅
• singles (e.g. in tennis) - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ シングルス

noun:

• single - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ シングルヒット
• single-figure handicap (in golf) - Sports term ➜ シングルプレーヤー
• shingle

noun:

• salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt)
• cooking a fish inside a salt crust - abbreviation ➜ 塩釜焼き
• candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have luck on one's side; to get lucky ➜ 芽が出る【めがでる】
• to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise) ➜ 目の玉が飛び出る

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to

noun:

• a show; blood-stained mucus discharge that happens during pregnancy up to two weeks before delivery ➜ 破水
• signature mark (crest) used by members of the Imperial family to mark their belongings
• a sign (with honorific 'o') ➜ しるし

godan ~る verb:

• to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with

noun:

• leader; boss
• upper part of a flag
• (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals

noun:

• thick printed paper (for covering sliding doors)
• paper sliding-door; sliding door covered with thick paper - abbreviation ➜ 唐紙障子

~する noun:

• to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to be disconcerted; to dumbfounded ➜ 閉口
• to be fed up with; to be tired of; to find unable to bear
• to wince; to shrink back; to cringe

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep
• to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with

interjection:

• goodbye; so long; farewell ➜ さようなら

noun / ~する noun:

• saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; parting with

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• farewell (performance, party, etc.); final; last; game-winning (e.g. hit)

noun:

• fire ship
• steamship (esp. a paddle steamer); steamboat ［かせん］
• ship with a fire to attract fish while net fishing at night (prior to the invention of electric fish-luring lights) ［ひぶね］

noun:

• spaghetti Napolitana; Italian spaghetti dish made with a tomato sauce

noun:

• grated daikon and chili; whole daikon with a chili notched inside and then grated together - Food term
• grated daikon and carrot - Food term

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to make (a promise); to conclude (a contract)
• to act as a go-between; to act as mediator
• to curry favour with - usu. as ご機嫌を取り結ぶ