noun:

• colour; color; hue; tint; tinge; shade
• complexion; skin colour; skin color
• look (on one's face); expression
• appearance; air; feeling
• personality; character
• tone (of one's voice, etc.); tune; sound; ring
• love; lust; sensuality; love affair ➜ 色仕掛け
• lover; paramour
• beauty; sexiness; physical appeal
• kind; type; variety - also written 種

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stick; to paste; to affix - esp. 貼る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (tent)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to form (e.g. ice on a pond)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to fill; to swell

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stick out; to put; to slap

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be expensive

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to keep a watch on; to be on the lookout

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become one tile away from completion ［張る］ - Mahjong term ➜ テンパる・聴牌

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to span; to generate - Mathematics term

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

• beginning; start; outset; opening

noun:

• first (in line, etc.) - esp. 初め
• origin - esp. 始め
• such as ...; not to mention ... - esp. 始め; as 〜を始め, 〜を始めとして, etc. - usually written using kana alone

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse)
• to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest) ➜ 惹く【ひく】・注意を引く
• to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to pull in
• to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
• to draw (a line, plan, etc.) ➜ 図面を引く
• to catch (a cold) ➜ 風邪を引く
• to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument) ➜ 弾く【ひく】
• to look up (e.g. a dictionary); to consult ➜ 辞書を引く
• to haul; to pull (vehicles) - esp. 牽く
• to subtract; to deduct
• to recede; to ebb; to fade
• to be descend from; to inherit (a characteristic)
• to quote; to cite; to raise (as evidence)
• to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.); to install (e.g. a telephone); to supply (e.g. water)
• to hold (e.g. a note)
• to apply (e.g. lipstick); to oil (e.g. a pan); to wax (e.g. a floor)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to move back; to draw back; to recede ➜ 退く【ひく】
• to lessen; to subside; to ebb ➜ 退く【ひく】
• to resign; to retire; to quit ➜ 退く【ひく】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to
• to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet
• to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to make a short visit
• to grow old; to grow high (number, etc.) ➜ 年が寄る
• to grow (wrinkly) - in the form of しわが寄る
• to lean against; to recline on - also written as 倚る, 凭る
• to push one's opponent while holding their belt - Sumo term
• to decide on a price and come to a deal
• to be swayed by (a person); to yield to - archaism

noun:

• pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.)
• one (on dice, in cards, etc.) - From Portuguese "pinta"
• beginning; best ➜ キリ
• kickback

noun:

• seducer; smooth talker; ladies' man; playboy; playgirl

noun / ~する noun:

• picking up women (on the street) - usu. written as ナンパ - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism ➜ 逆ナン

noun:

• moderate party; moderate ➜ 硬派
• social story (in a newspaper, etc.); society columnist (of a newspaper)
• bearish trader; bear

noun:

• scabbard; sheath
• cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; sleeve
• margin (between two prices); spread; markup; commission - Business term
• enclosure; outer fence

expression / ichidan verb:

• to open the lid; to lift a lid Antonym: 蓋を閉める
• to open the lid (on); to make public - idiom
• to start (something) - idiom
• to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect); to look at the condition of something - idiom
• to open (of a theatre) - idiom

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; flaky (as in pastry) - onomatopoeia
• crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; proceeding smoothly - onomatopoeia
• sound of pouring liquid - onomatopoeia - archaism
• speaking clearly - onomatopoeia - archaism

noun:

• icing; frosting - Food term
• icing (on an aircraft, ship, etc.) ➜ 着氷
• icing (hockey infraction) - Sports term
• cryotherapy

noun / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

• rudeness; impoliteness; disrespect; impertinence

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving; going (on one's way); saying goodbye
• taking without permission; stealing; pinching; pilfering

interjection:

• My apologies; I must be going now; So long - male language

noun / ~する noun:

• copy; photocopy
• blurb on a book jacket
• catch copy - abbreviation

~する verb (irregular):

• to do; to carry out; to perform
• to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
• to serve as; to act as; to work as
• to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
• to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as - as 〜にする,〜とする
• to decide on; to choose - as 〜にする

~する verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) - as 〜がする
• to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
• to be worth; to cost
• to pass (of time); to elapse

~する verb (irregular) / transitive:

• to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B - as AをBにする
• to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B - as AをBにする
• to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B - as AをBにする
• to feel A about B - as AをBにする

suffix / ~する verb (irregular):

• verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")

auxiliary verb / ~する verb (irregular):

• creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go") ➜ お願いします・御
• to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to - as 〜うとする,〜ようとする ➜ とする

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to shorten; to move closer together

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to reduce (spending); to conserve

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to focus intently on; to strain oneself to do - usu. as 根を詰める ➜ 根を詰める

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work out (details)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be on duty; to be stationed

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate
• to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.) - the meaning "to catch one's finger" is predominantly used in Kansai ➜ 指を詰める

suffix / ichidan verb:

• to continue ...; to keep doing ... without a break
• to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly
• to force someone into a difficult situation by ...

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to float; to set afloat; to launch
• to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.)
• to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to think of

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks) - esp. 注す ➜ 差す【さす】
• to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye - esp. 点す ➜ 差す【さす】
• to light (a fire); to burn - esp. 点す ➜ 差す【さす】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tell (to do); to order; to charge; to direct
• to tell on (someone); to tattle; to report
• to often say

noun / ~する noun:

• extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; destruction; suppression
• making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings - Buddhism term
• curing illness

noun:

• (computer) monitor - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes)
• program or utility that monitors a program or activity - IT term ➜ カウンター・モニ

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to call; to invite; to send for; to summon - honorific language
• to eat; to drink
• to put on; to wear
• to ride
• to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one's fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku)
• to do ➜ 召される
• used to show respect - used after the -masu stem of a verb - honorific language - archaism

noun:

• signature; register

~する noun:

• to put one's name on; to sign

noun:

• stamped name; typed name Antonym: 著名

noun / ~の noun:

• brush tip
• first on a list
• head; chief

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to cling to; to hang onto
• to rely on; to depend on

godan ~る verb:

• to implore; to entreat

noun:

• cold rice
• hanger-on; dependent ［ひやめし］ - abbreviation ➜ 冷や飯食い【ひやめしくい】
• disgraced former actor ［ひやめし］