ichidan verb / transitive:

• to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to wash one's face and hands
• to go to the toilet

noun:

• debt trap; debt hell; being in debt up to one's ears

noun / ~する noun:

• crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun:

• near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity ➜ 近い

suffix noun:

• nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to

adverb:

• shortly; soon

noun:

• wing
• Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［よく］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

suffix / counter:

• counter for birds or bird wings ［よく］ - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something)
• drinking one's glass dry

interjection:

• cheers

adjectival noun / adverb / ~の noun:

• as one would expect
• still; all the same
• even... (e.g. "even a genius...") - as さすがの〜も

noun:

• expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; calculations
• purpose; intention; motive; ulterior motive
• others' opinions of one
• speculation - Finance term

noun:

• accent (of one's speech)
• dialect; provincialism; patois
• corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• being held in suspense; being on edge; scared stiff; one's testicles going up and down [literal] - idiom - male language ➜ 上がったり下がったり【あがったりさがったり】

noun:

• period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
• apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture - abbreviation ➜ 年季奉公
• one-year period ［年期］

noun / ~の noun:

• once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)

interjection:

• not yet!; cry by the referee when one wrestler is on the attack - Sumo term

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• remaining; left-over

noun:

• (lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

adjectival noun / noun:

• having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit

noun:

• retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior) - idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• being faithful to one's principles; being of firm purpose and deep commitment; constancy; true blue - four character idiom

ichidan verb:

• to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

noun:

• stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock

noun:

• sub-temple, esp. a Zen one founded to commemorate the death of a high priest - Buddhism term

expression / adjectival noun:

• triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck [literal]

noun:

• (Japanese) electoral system allowing for the election of from 3 to 5 candidates from one district ➜ 大選挙区制