noun:

• person who makes someone else appear better; foil

expression:

• term of abuse about someone's looks, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• attacking (someone's argument); arguing against; refuting; taking issue; contradicting

prefix noun / ~の noun:

• person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired

noun / ~する noun:

• wind blowing down, coming over a mountain

noun:

• immediately after one's draw - Mahjong term
• winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left - Mahjong term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to straddle; to sit astride; to mount
• to extend over; to spread over; to span; to extend into

expression:

• Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead) ➜ 閻魔
• (being a) fuss-pot; complaining about things in the public eye

ichidan verb:

• to multiply - Mathematics term
• to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to cross; to cross-fertilize; to hybridize; to mate

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to consider
• to pay attention to; to watch

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to consider ➜ 目する
• to pay attention to; to watch

noun:

• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - colloquialism ➜ 山姥・ガングロ

noun:

• scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica) ➜ 実葛【さねかずら】
• white sash tied around the head, with ends hanging down and tucked into belt, worn in kyogen to indicate a female character being played by a man

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to waive one's right; to waive a right

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to apply for a job; to apply for work

expression:

• along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money - slang - abbreviation ➜ 鴨がねぎを背負って来る
• double stroke of good luck; Perfect timing!; How convenient (for you to show up)!

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to shout; to cry; to scream; to shriek; to yell; to exclaim
• to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down - esp. 静まる
• to calm down; to die down; to subside; to abate; to be suppressed - esp. 鎮まる

noun:

• device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play - archaism ➜ 田楽豆腐
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to float; to rise to the surface
• to stand out; to be visible
• to be alienated

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to twist; to twirl
• to fiddle around with; to play with; to rewrite
• to rack one's brains

expression / ichidan verb:

• to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
• to leave tracks; to leave footprints

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to reject
• to align; to put in order
• to push open - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to reject - archaism ➜ 排する
• to align; to put in order
• to push open