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］

noun:

• bill; bill of sale; payment invoice
• tab (for later payment); credit
• contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone - usually written using kana alone
• sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki - usually written using kana alone
• letter - archaism
• reason; motive; pretext - archaism
• one's fortune; one's luck - archaism

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to reach the summit (e.g. of a mountain)
• to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with (something) any longer

noun:

• flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness
• animal from popular folklore with a white fluffy down made from dandelions and a rabbit's tail resembling a fluffy hairball

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
• to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
• to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
• to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances
• to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with
• to download; to copy from a computer to another medium - IT term
• to make someone swoon (judo) - Martial Arts term
• to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
• to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be lifted; to be raised; to rise; to go up
• to happen suddenly; to occur; to come up; to turn up
• to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) ➜ 合わせる
• to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up
• to face; to be opposite (someone) ➜ 顔を合わせる
• to compare; to check with
• to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate) ➜ 遭う
• to place together; to connect; to overlap
• to mix; to combine
• to put blade to blade; to fight

particle:

• at (place, time); in; on; during
• to (direction, state); toward; into
• for (purpose)
• because of (reason); for; with
• by; from
• as (i.e. in the role of) ➜ として
• per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
• and; in addition to
• if; although - archaism

noun:

• mochi rice cake with red bean jam filling; mochi rice cake covered in red bean jam ［餡餅］ - female language ➜ 餅
• mochi rice cake ［あんも］

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be filled with thousand emotions; to be overwhelmed by a flood of emotions; to be wrought by a thousand emotions

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pick up
• to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take up (a topic, complaint, etc.); to listen to; to deal with; to feature
• to take away; to confiscate; to deprive (someone) of; to revoke
• to deliver (a baby)
• to collect (taxes)