adverb:

• with a start; with a jump - onomatopoeia

expression:

• a good beginning makes a good ending - proverb

adverb:

• just a minute; short time; just a little - equiv. of ちょっと - Kansai dialect

noun / ~する noun:

• creating a statue (esp. a Buddhist statue) - obscure term

noun:

• tip of a stem (of a plant)

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a vroom; with a sudden shaking - onomatopoeia

noun:

• attending a meeting; participating in a meeting

noun / ~する noun:

• repeating a course; taking a course again - abbreviation - slang ➜ 再履修

noun / ~する noun:

• repeating a course; taking a course again

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a village; moving to a village

noun / ~する noun:

• coming to a castle; visiting a castle

noun / ~する noun:

• reefing a sail; bringing in a sail

noun:

• middle of a word
• within a word

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

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of

expression:

• a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pick up
• to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take up (a topic, complaint, etc.); to listen to; to deal with; to feature
• to take away; to confiscate; to deprive (someone) of; to revoke
• to deliver (a baby)
• to collect (taxes)

expression:

• if you can't beat them; join them; you can't fight city hall; if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them - proverb

noun:

• sitting outdoors - archaism
• room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion ➜ 寝殿造り
• temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

noun:

• umbrella; parasol
• something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap; pileus ➜ 笠【かさ】

noun / ~する noun:

• reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out

noun:

• crotch; crutch; groin; thigh
• fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

~の noun:

• lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous Antonym: 小部

adverbial noun:

• most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly; a good deal; much

noun:

• collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning
• selection (for a position); patronage

~の noun:

• fresh; freshly picked; freshly caught

noun / ~する noun:

• rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field - four character idiom