expression:

• a friend is a good thing to have; a good friend is a great blessing ➜ 持つべきものは友

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be wide-eyed (in surprise); to open one's eyes wide (in wonder); to be amazed (at, by)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up

noun:

• root (of a plant)
• root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.)
• root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis
• one's true nature
• (fishing) reef

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally - idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• bargaining; negotiation
• turning one's body to the left or right and standing (when leaving the presence of nobility, etc.)
• sailing close-hauled; sailing on a close reach

noun:

• posting something to the exterior of a building, etc.; something posted in such a place
• fortifications outside a military encampment

noun:

• (inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; copycat
• follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)

noun:

• characteristic quality; special character; one's real ability; one's specialty
• one's function; one's duty
• fief; inherited estate

noun:

• God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; fate; karma; destiny
• one's life; one's lifespan

expression / adjectival noun:

• crumpled up (of a face; like the face of a Japanese spaniel while it's sneezing) - humorous term

noun:

• palm (of one's hand)
• skill
• scope of one's power
• one's intentions; one's plan
• one's hand (mahjong, card games, etc.)

noun:

• lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems) [literal] - idiom ➜ 他山の石以て玉を攻むべし

noun:

• village; hamlet
• countryside; country
• home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown ［里］
• one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past ［里］ ➜ 御里

expression / ichidan verb:

• to teach by example; to teach by showing; to teach with one's back [literal]

godan ~す verb:

• to knock down the price of
• to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction

suffix:

• to be able to ...; can ... - after the -masu stem of a verb

expression:

• to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain ➜ 得【う】・得る【える】・得る【える】

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)

adjectival noun / noun:

• high nose; person with a high nose; pride

noun:

• large head; person with a large head

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to love; to cherish; to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to dote on
• to show favouritism to; to be partial to
• to fondle; to caress; to pet
• to be tough on; to be rough with; to torment; to train harshly - used ironically; often as 可愛がってやる - colloquialism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change; to alter; to revise; to replace ［改める・革める］
• to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve ［改める・革める］
• to examine; to check; to inspect ［改める・検める］
• to do properly; to do formally ［改める・革める］

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to shake out
• to draw a check (bill, draft, etc.); to issue (e.g. money order)
• to infuse (e.g. in hot water)

noun:

• rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant)

suffix noun:

• influence - usu. negative or critical nuance
• crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage)

noun:

• masseur; masseuse; massager - sensitive
• blind person (as many were traditionally massagers) - archaism - colloquialism