noun:

• to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school ➜ 寺子屋
• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
• to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to clasp; to grasp; to grip; to clutch
• to make (nigirizushi, rice ball, etc.); to form; to press into shape; to mold; to mould
• to seize (power, etc.); to take hold of

yodan ~ふ verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to talk together - archaism
• to be close; to be intimate; to form an intimate relationship (between a man and a woman) - archaism
• to win someone over - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• writing
• entry (e.g. to a form)
• posting (e.g. to a blog)

noun:

• words; writing; lyrics
• ci (form of Chinese poetry) ➜ 填詞
• independent word ➜ 辞

noun:

• address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; words
• ci (Chinese literary form)
• ancillary word ➜ 詞

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.)
• to be blocked (road, pipe, etc.); to be clogged; to be plugged up ➜ 鼻が詰まる
• to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to narrow
• to be at a loss; to be hard pressed - often in the form …につまる ➜ 言葉に詰まる・気の詰まる【きのつまる】
• to end up; to be settled ➜ 詰まる所【つまるところ】
• to become a geminate consonant ➜ 促音【そくおん】
• to hit the ball near the handle of the bat - Baseball term

adverb:

• (what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth - before an interrogative, forms an emphatic question

noun:

• one object; one body; unity
• one form; one style
• one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.)

adverbial noun:

• generally; in general ➜ 一体に

noun:

• model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.)
• type; style; pattern - がた when a suffix ➜ 朝型
• mold (mould); template; model
• kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
• form (i.e. customary procedure)
• size (i.e. clothing, shoes)
• inch (in diagonal display size)
• (taxonomical) form - obscure term ➜ 品種

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to spring out; to surge
• to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.)
• to feel emotions form (joy, bravery, etc.)
• to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

noun:

• round shape; circle
• circular form

noun:

• real image - Physics term ➜ 虚像【きょぞう】
• real form; real-life image; true picture; actual conditions; actual circumstances ➜ 虚像【きょぞう】

noun:

• reality; real state of affairs; true state of affairs
• true form of all things as they are; ultimate reality - Buddhism term

noun:

• incarnation; embodiment; avatar; personification

~する noun:

• to give concrete form to; to embody; to realize

noun:

• humans and animals; humans and beasts
• beast in human form ➜ 人面獣心

noun:

• counting song
• enumerative form (of waka) ➜ 六義

noun:

• festive poem or song
• congratulatory form (of waka) ➜ 六義

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to put up an (emotional) wall (between two people); to become distant - idiom
• to form a wall (of people) - idiom

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to get married; to contract a marriage
• to form a connection (with Buddha) - Buddhism term ➜ 結縁【けちえん】

noun / ~する noun:

• outline; synopsis; abridgment; summary
• simplified form of a kanji

expression / adjective:

• glib; slick (sounds good but no substance); all talk - derogatory term ➜ 調子がいい【ちょうしがいい】
• in good form; in great shape; having things progress well ➜ 調子がいい【ちょうしがいい】

noun:

• metaphorical poem (of the Man'yōshū) ➜ 譬喩歌
• metaphorical form (of waka) ➜ 六義

noun:

• buddha-body within a practitioner (esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• altruistic manifested form of Mahavairocana (New Shingon) ➜ 本地身

expression / ~よい adjective:

• glib; slick (sounds good but no substance); all talk - derogatory term
• in good form; in great shape; having things progress well

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to censure; to criticize; to criticise; to rebuke; to defy; to disobey - archaism
• to fashion after; to make in the form of; to imitate - archaism