noun:

• townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse
• tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to bite at; to snap at; to nibble ➜ 食らいつく
• to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into ➜ 食らいつく
• to hold on to; to cling to; to stick to
• to complain; to bicker

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow senile; to be childish with age
• to be mentally slow; to be befuddled
• to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
• to become engrossed (in something) ［ほうける］

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to emboss
• to print out; to print
• to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to come out with; to set forth
• to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
• to begin striking; to start beating

noun:

• shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel; spinning a pottery wheel
• gesticulating with your hands as if you were shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel - slang - humorous term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to advance; to move forward; to put (a clock, watch) forward
• to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to make progress in; to further; to advance; to hasten; to speed up
• to raise; to elevate; to promote; to develop; to stimulate (e.g. one's appetite)

noun:

• head (of a household, etc.); leader; master
• owner; proprietor; proprietress
• subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed)
• guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.)
• husband

pronoun:

• you - familiar language ➜ おぬし

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with - esp. 慣れる
• to become skilled in; to become experienced at - esp. 慣れる
• to become tame; to become domesticated - esp. 馴れる

ichidan verb / auxiliary verb:

• to get used to doing - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun:

• plan of a house; arrangement of rooms; list of rooms in an apartment, excluding bathroom and toilet, encoded as a string of digits and letters (e.g. "2DK" for a two-room apartment with a kitchen/dining area)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to come to live with
• to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• appropriate; suitable; befitting; proportionate

~する noun:

• to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with; to be deserving of; to be worthy of

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• considerable; substantial

adverb:

• considerably; rather; quite; fairly; pretty

noun / ~する noun:

• down (opposite of up); becoming lower; being brought down; bringing down
• being down (e.g. with a cold) and unable to continue (work)
• down (e.g. a system); not running (e.g. servers) - IT term
• download; downstream - abbreviation - IT term

noun:

• down (feathers)

expression / ichidan verb:

• blood flows [literal]
• to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood" - usu. ...の血が流れる - idiom

noun:

• decreasing birthrate and aging population; aging population combined with the diminishing number of children; declining birthrate and a growing proportion of elderly people; dwindling birthrate and an aging population; low birthrate and longevity ➜ 少子化・高齢化

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to gulp down; to swallow deeply
• to understand; to take in; to catch on to; to learn; to digest
• to engulf; to swallow up
• to be filled with (people); to be crowded
• to hold back from saying something; to swallow (one's words)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes)
• to hook; to catch; to trap; to ensnare
• to cheat; to evade payment; to jump a bill
• to drink (alcohol)
• to splash someone (with) ➜ ぶっ掛ける
• to hit the ball off the end of the bat - Baseball term

noun:

• (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji with a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
• (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

noun:

• Chinese-style low dining table ➜ 卓袱台
• Japanese-Chinese cuisine, served family-style (large dishes, diners help themselves), specialty of Nagasaki Chinese style low dining table - abbreviation ➜ 卓袱料理
• soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc. - often 志っぽく - Kansai dialect ➜ お亀【おかめ】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
• to sever (connections, ties) ➜ 縁を切る
• to turn off (e.g. the light)
• to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect ➜ 電話を切る
• to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
• to open (something sealed)
• to start
• to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.)
• to reduce; to decrease; to discount ➜ 値切る
• to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
• to cross; to traverse
• to criticize sharply
• to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
• to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
• to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
• to shuffle (cards)
• to discard a tile - Mahjong term
• to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate
• to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
• to trump ➜ 切り札
• to cut (the connection between two groups) (in go)
• to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone) - also written as 鑽る
• to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to finish; to complete - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 疲れきる

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to play; to enjoy oneself; to have a good time
• to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)
• to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused
• to go to (for pleasure or for study) - as 〜に遊ぶ
• to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration - Baseball term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot
• to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault
• to be used to seeing; to be familiar with ➜ 見慣れる

noun:

• under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down - Sumo term
• dodging; parrying (questions) ➜ 肩透かしを食わせる【かたすかしをくわせる】
• disappointment; letdown

prefix noun:

• (of) Japanese descent

noun:

• non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin - abbreviation ➜ 日系人
• company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent

noun:

• young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony)
• young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute)
• younger partner in a homosexual relationship ➜ 念者【ねんしゃ】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off ［切り出す・切りだす・切出す・伐り出す・伐りだす］
• to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach ［切り出す・切りだす・切出す］
• to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.) ［切り出す・切りだす・切出す・鑽り出す］
• to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out ［切り出す・切りだす・切出す・伐り出す・伐りだす］