adverb:

• why?; what for?
• how?; by what means?

expression:

• what's that?; what the... - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• work, items, etc. carried over from earlier - colloquialism ➜ 持ち越す

noun / ~する noun:

• hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)

noun:

• 7th in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 7th note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

expression:

• how; in what way; by what means ➜ 如何して【どうして】

expression:

• don't know what's what

expression:

• what star sign? (astrology); what constellation?

expression / ichidan verb:

• to entrust (a person) with power of attorney (to do something for one)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to allow a less skilled person to practice with one (esp. in sumo) ➜ 胸を借りる

expression / ichidan verb:

• to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef
• to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties; to hit a snag

ichidan verb:

• to carry in one's own hands; to carry in a manner that is obvious to others - colloquialism ➜ 提げる【さげる】

pre-noun adjectival:

• somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

expression / adjectival noun:

• what sort; what kind

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to go out to meet
• to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to reach; to approach; to enter (a phase, era, etc.)
• to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family)
• to call for; to summon; to invite
• to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)

expression:

• You are quite right; Quite so; What you say is sensible enough

interjection:

• ah; oh - expression of surprise, recollection, etc.
• hey! - used to get someone's attention

noun:

• reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter

expression:

• it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to strip a person of all his or her clothes
• to steal someone blind - slang

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to wet the lips of a dying person; to attend someone's last moments

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think
• to lord it over; to have great influence

noun:

• manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period) ➜ 御用人
• useful person

noun:

• outside; exterior
• open air
• other place

expression:

• there is a tendency; there is a possibility

noun:

• rigid (stereotypical) thinking that adheres to preconceived notions - four character idiom