adjective:

• light; well-lit; well-lighted
• bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; brightly-colored
• cheerful; bright; spirited; sunny (e.g. disposition)
• encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.); promising; of fair prospects
• familiar (with); knowledgeable (about); well versed (in) - as 〜に明るい
• fair (e.g. politics); clean; impartial

noun:

• servant (esp. a samurai's attendant)
• chivalrous man (c. Edo period)
• cubed tofu (often served cold) - abbreviation ➜ 奴豆腐
• kite shaped like a footman - abbreviation ➜ 奴凧
• Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants - abbreviation ➜ 奴頭
• enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime)

pronoun:

• he; she; him; her - archaism - derogatory term

noun:

• you are what you eat; slogan encouraging consumption of local seasonal foods for one's health; indivisibility of the body and the land (because the body is made from food and food is made from the land) [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy with a traditional cap for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服【げんぶく】・初冠【ういこうぶり】

noun:

• person in charge of crowning the boy at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism

auxiliary:

• if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that - hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle
• as for; on the topic of ［なら］

conjunction:

• if that's the case; if so; that being the case - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ それなら
• if possible; if circumstances allow ［ならば］

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to look after; to take care of; to keep; to hold on to; to keep in custody
• to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to be entrusted with
• to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment); to leave undecided
• to take upon oneself (to do); to settle (a matter) oneself

noun:

• palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination ➜ 科挙
• examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination ➜ 式部省

noun:

• precious stone (esp. jade) - also formerly read as ごく
• egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping) - Food term
• stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold
• position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer) ➜ 建玉
• geisha
• time charge for a geisha - abbreviation ➜ 玉代
• king (of the junior player) - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 玉将

noun / suffix noun:

• stand; rack; table; bench; podium; pedestal; platform; stage
• support; holder; rack

counter:

• counter for machines, incl. vehicles

noun:

• setting (e.g. in jewellery)

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• level (e.g. price level); range (e.g. after physical units); period (of time, e.g. a decade of one's life) ➜ 代【だい】・代【だい】

noun:

• elevated area
• viewing platform
• dish tray ➜ 台盤
• meal - archaism
• tall building; tower - archaism ➜ 高殿

noun:

• drive; trip by car; driving

~する noun / intransitive verb:

• to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car

~する noun / transitive:

• to drive (e.g. a car)
• to drive (innovation, change, etc.); to propel

noun:

• drive - IT term

noun:

• young adult still living at home; dependent ➜ 部屋住み
• female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period) ➜ 部屋方
• freeloader living in a samurai's house
• young kabuki actor in service of a master (Edo period)

noun:

• seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
• material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy
• ingredient; leaven (bread); main ingredient of a sushi - Food term
• cause; source
• trick; secret; magician's trick; inside story
• paternal blood; lineage ➜ 胤
• breed (of a stock); sperm; semen

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いきじめ］ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to try to ...; to be about to do ... - after the volitional form of verb
• to decide to ... - after the dictionary form of verb
• to take as; to treat as; to regard as
• to use for
• to suppose that (such) is the case; to assume
• to decide that; to think that
• to make into; to change into
• to feel (e.g. after sound symbolism or psychological experience word); to look; to feel like
• to intend; to have the intention - with を目的

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いけじめ］
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いけしめ
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いけしめ

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to think (only used to speak of others) - honorific language
• to turn one's attention toward (only used to speak of others); to have feelings for (only used to speak of others)
• to honour the target of one's emotions

noun:

• star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon)
• offender; perpetrator - police slang - slang
• star point (in go); hoshi; intersection marked with a dot
• circular symbol (said to be shaped like a shining star)
• bullseye
• one's star (out of the nine stars); the star that determines one's fate ➜ 九星
• small dot; spot
• point; score - Sumo term

noun / counter:

• swing; shake; wave; swinging

noun:

• appearance; behaviour - usually written using kana alone
• pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to) - oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form - usually written using kana alone ➜ 振りをする

noun / ~の noun:

• going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• move (dance); postures
• lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up - oft. as フリ - usually written using kana alone ➜ 前振り
• unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment

suffix / counter:

• counter for swords, blades, etc.

noun:

• not wearing underwear or pants - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to lay upside down
• to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes)

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to conceal; to hide; to keep secret; to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness) - usu. 臥せる ➜ 臥せる【ふせる】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt) ➜ 土を固める【つちをかためる】
• to put together; to collect; to gather; to consolidate
• to make secure; to stabilize; to settle down; to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.); to establish (evidence) ➜ 身を固める【みをかためる】
• to fortify; to reinforce; to support ➜ 国境を固める【こっきょうをかためる】・嘘で固める【うそでかためる】
• to wear for a specific purpose (armor, coat, etc.) - in the form に身をかためる
• to swear; to resolutely vow; to sincerely promise
• to tie tightly; to fasten
• to hold a bow fully drawn

noun:

• law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation
• vinaya (rules for the monastic community) - Buddhism term
• Ritsu (school of Buddhism) - abbreviation ➜ 律宗
• lushi (style of Chinese poem) - abbreviation ➜ 律詩
• (musical) pitch - also りち
• six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale ➜ 十二律・呂
• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) - abbreviation ➜ 律旋

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• (in traditional Eastern music) step (corresponding to a Western semitone)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle; to take care of; to entertain
• to deal with (a problem); to handle; to manage
• to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to work
• to deal in; to sell
• to cover (a topic); to treat; to discuss; to take up
• to treat A as B - as ＡをＢとして扱う
• to mediate (an argument) - archaism
• to be too much for one; to find unmanageable - archaism
• to gossip - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge
• to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to let (a person) off
• to withdraw (cash)
• to wear (clothing) for the first time
• to fillet (e.g. a fish)

noun:

• driving off birds
• procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house
• female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen
• street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to eat - male language
• to live; to make a living; to survive
• to bite; to sting (as insects do)
• to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
• to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
• to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
• to consume time and-or resources
• to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event) - colloquialism
• to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time - male language - vulgar