noun:

• frog (esp. the wrinkled frog or Asian grass frog); toad (esp. the Japanese toad) - colloquialism

particle:

• particle indicating a command - particle always used at sentence-end
• particle indicating mild enthusiasm - often as ことね - female language
• particle indicating a gentle interrogative
• particle used to soften a judgment or conclusion - at sentence end as ことよ

noun / suffix:

• idiot; fool; touched in the head (from); out of it (from); space case
• funny man (of a comedy duo); (in comedy) silly or stupid line ➜ 漫才・突っ込み【つっこみ】
• Alzheimer's (impol)

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information) ➜ いいとこ取り【いいとこどり】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration)
• to lower; to reduce; to bring down
• to demote; to move back; to pull back
• to clear (plates); to remove (food, etc. from table or altar)

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:

• red eboshi (headgear worn by Japanese men prior to and during the Edo period, which was ordinarily black in color) ➜ 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子
• metaphor for an odd item or having a taste for such an item

adverb:

• or; otherwise
• furthermore; also
• perhaps; by some chance; possibly - archaism
• that being said; be that as it may - archaism
• however; but - archaism
• not to mention; needless to say - archaism
• as expected; sure enough - archaism
• really; at all - used to express emphatic denial, suspicion, or emotion - archaism

noun:

• girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel) - archaism
• brat; scamp; rascal; jackanapes - archaism - derogatory term ➜ 小童【こわっぱ】
• disciple; apprentice - original meaning - archaism

expression:

• complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways - four character idiom

expression:

• anything is better than nothing; kail spares bread; a bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink; tea in the belly (will fill it) for a time [literal] - proverb

noun:

• desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; underlay
• being pinned under; being caught under; being trapped under; being buried under; being crushed beneath
• model; pattern - often as 〜を下敷きにして

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to contradict ［反する］
• to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to transgress ［反する］
• to oppose; to rebel; to revolt

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to finish; to end; to be completed
• to merely result in something less severe than expected
• to feel at ease
• to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry - in the negative ➜ すみません

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be attentive to small details
• to be attentive to others (or others' concerns)
• to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise one's hand or hands - usu. 手を挙げる
• to surrender - usu. 手を上げる
• to raise a hand to someone (as a threat to strike) - usu. 手を上げる
• to improve - usu. 手を上げる ➜ 腕を上げる

noun / ~する noun:

• decommissioning (of a nuclear reactor, furnace, incinerator etc.); decommissioned nuclear reactor (or furnace, incinerator, etc.)

noun:

• washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands
• restroom; lavatory; toilet ➜ お手洗い
• hand-washing (laundry, etc.)

noun:

• lower part; foot; lower direction
• left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)

noun / ~する noun:

• committing suicide (to remonstrate or dissuade one's lord); preparing to die in an effort to dissuade one's lord

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick; cutting a nail too close

noun:

• deep-set nail; deep-set part of nail

noun:

• large jewel; string of jewels - archaism
• Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia) ➜ 勾玉・三種の神器

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over ➜ 裏返す
• to look at it from another perspective - usu. as 裏を返せば
• to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall apart; to collapse; to become useless
• to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out
• to fall apart (one's body or health) - archaism