expression / godan ~る verb:

• to try and reach above one's station and fail; to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail; a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns) [literal] - idiom ➜ 猿猴捉月

noun:

• jacket
• book jacket; dust cover
• CD jacket; record jacket

noun:

• inside of the front cover (of book); front end-paper ➜ 見返し【みかえし】

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to (seem) eager to; to want to; to be anxious to - not used in the first person; たい with がる affixed ➜ たい・がる

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to

godan ~む verb:

• to cling to; to stick to; to be wedded to

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month

noun / ~する noun:

• visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple

noun:

• shuttle bus; pickup bus; courtesy bus; hotel bus; bus service connecting a station, airport, etc. to a hotel or tourist attraction

noun:

• Islamic holy books (the Pentateuch, the Book of Psalms, the Gospels and the Koran)

noun:

• night chat; tale told at night
• evening tea party (starting around 6 pm) ［よばなし］

noun / suffix noun:

• book of informal essays ［やわ］

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to throw down; to throw out; to stretch out (one's legs)
• to abandon; to resign
• to give freely; to give generously; to sacrifice (e.g. one's life)
• to start to throw

noun:

• book of pictures (paintings, drawings, etc.); collection of pictures

noun / ~する noun:

• wind blowing down, coming over a mountain

noun:

• immediately after one's draw - Mahjong term
• winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left - Mahjong term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to straddle; to sit astride; to mount
• to extend over; to spread over; to span; to extend into

expression:

• Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead) ➜ 閻魔
• (being a) fuss-pot; complaining about things in the public eye

ichidan verb:

• to multiply - Mathematics term
• to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to cross; to cross-fertilize; to hybridize; to mate

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to consider
• to pay attention to; to watch

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to consider ➜ 目する
• to pay attention to; to watch

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to have someone hold; to let someone have; to give
• to have someone carry; to send with someone
• to keep; to preserve
• to have someone pay (e.g. the bill); to burden someone with
• to raise someone's hopes

noun:

• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - colloquialism ➜ 山姥・ガングロ

noun:

• scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica) ➜ 実葛【さねかずら】
• white sash tied around the head, with ends hanging down and tucked into belt, worn in kyogen to indicate a female character being played by a man

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to waive one's right; to waive a right

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to apply for a job; to apply for work