noun:

• being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under ➜ 上回る

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to show signs of being; to feel; to think - on adj-stem to represent another's apparent emotion
• to behave as if one were; to pretend; to act as if
• to want; to desire; to be anxious to; to be eager to ➜ たがる

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group) ➜ 屯する
• to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group) - colloquialism ➜ 屯する【たむろする】
• to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location) - colloquialism ➜ 屯する【たむろする】

expression:

• you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

noun / ~の noun:

• number one; first; first place

adverb:

• best; most

noun:

• game; round; bout

adverb:

• as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively ➜ 試しに

noun:

• song (e.g. in noh); piece

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group)
• to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)

expression:

• helping and protecting in all ways; acting as a raincoat (protecting from rain) and acting as a hat (protecting from sun) [literal] - proverb ➜ 陰になり日向になり【かげになりひなたになり】

noun:

• paper flowers ［紙花］
• paper flowers for a funeral ［紙花］ - archaism
• paper handed out as a means of congratulations in a red light district (as a promise of a future money donation) ➜ 小菊【こぎく】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) - usu. 勤める
• to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) - usu. 務める
• to conduct a religious service - usu. 勤める

noun:

• high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest - abbr. of 阿闍梨耶, from the Sanskrit "ācārya" - honorific language - Buddhism term
• initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon) - Buddhism term ➜ 伝法灌頂
• monk who conducts religious services - Buddhism term

noun:

• thank you gift; gift given as thanks for a favor or for attending a funeral, etc.
• gift sent from a locality to a tax payer as part of the "furusato nozei" tax scheme ➜ ふるさと納税

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to line up; to set up; to arrange in a line
• to enumerate; to itemize
• to be equal (to); to compare well (with); to be as good (as)

noun:

• length and width; length and breadth; lengthwise and crosswise; longitude and latitude; vertical and horizontal
• four cardinal points; every direction ［じゅうおう］
• as one wishes; as one pleases; at will ［じゅうおう］
• warp and weft; warp and woof ［たてよこ］ ➜ 経緯【たてよこ】

godan ~う verb:

• to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty
• to say well; to say cleverly; to say elegantly
• to say often; to say frequently
• to say without shame; to say impudently - oft. as an admonition in the form of よく言うよ

expression:

• where ... is concerned; when it comes to ...; if it comes to ...; as far as ... is concerned

noun:

• making use of the surrounding landscape as a part of the design of a garden; natural scenery used as the background in the landscaping of a garden

noun / ~する noun:

• payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold
• inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

noun:

• grandfather (may be used after name as honorific) - usu. 祖父さん ➜ お祖父さん
• male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific) - usu. 爺さん ➜ 爺ちゃん

noun:

• grandfather (may be used after name as honorific) - usu. 祖父ちゃん - familiar language ➜ 祖父さん
• male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific) - usu. 爺ちゃん ➜ 爺さん

noun / ~する noun:

• joining; joint
• intermediation; acting as an intermediary

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• relaying; taking over

noun:

• middle relief pitcher; middle reliever - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 中継ぎ投手
• pole-shaped item with a join in the middle
• tea container with a lid that is the same size as the body

expression:

• one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue - proverb ➜ 物を言う