noun:

• beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer) - archaism
• hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 獣狩り

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

noun:

• legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.); beans; peas
• soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy ➜ 大豆
• female genitalia (esp. the clitoris) - colloquialism
• kidney - colloquialism - usually written using kana alone - Food term

prefix noun:

• miniature; tiny
• child

noun:

• thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap
• re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable) - orig. meaning

noun:

• metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs
• cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds)

noun:

• Mary Celeste; famous British ship found in 1872 without crew or passengers
• archetypal ghost ship; unmanned ship

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity

expression / ichidan verb:

• to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do - idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to redeem; to take out of pawn
• to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage (by paying off her debt to her employer) ➜ 身請け

noun:

• matrilineal emperor of Japan; emperor (either male or female) whose mother is (was) a member of the Imperial family but whose father is (was) not - four character idiom ➜ 女性天皇

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to let out; to utter; to produce; to emit; to give forth; to discharge
• to issue; to send; to give

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to leave; to depart
• to occur; to appear

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to shoot (an arrow or bullet); to fire

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a temple; visiting a temple
• joining a temple as a priest or head priest - obscure term

noun:

• frog (esp. the wrinkled frog or Asian grass frog); toad (esp. the Japanese toad) - colloquialism

particle:

• particle indicating a command - particle always used at sentence-end
• particle indicating mild enthusiasm - often as ことね - female language
• particle indicating a gentle interrogative
• particle used to soften a judgment or conclusion - at sentence end as ことよ

noun / suffix:

• idiot; fool; touched in the head (from); out of it (from); space case
• funny man (of a comedy duo); (in comedy) silly or stupid line ➜ 漫才・突っ込み【つっこみ】
• Alzheimer's (impol)

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information) ➜ いいとこ取り【いいとこどり】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration)
• to lower; to reduce; to bring down
• to demote; to move back; to pull back
• to clear (plates); to remove (food, etc. from table or altar)

noun:

• red eboshi (headgear worn by Japanese men prior to and during the Edo period, which was ordinarily black in color) ➜ 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子
• metaphor for an odd item or having a taste for such an item

adverb:

• or; otherwise
• furthermore; also
• perhaps; by some chance; possibly - archaism
• that being said; be that as it may - archaism
• however; but - archaism
• not to mention; needless to say - archaism
• as expected; sure enough - archaism
• really; at all - used to express emphatic denial, suspicion, or emotion - archaism

noun:

• girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel) - archaism
• brat; scamp; rascal; jackanapes - archaism - derogatory term ➜ 小童【こわっぱ】
• disciple; apprentice - original meaning - archaism

expression:

• complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways - four character idiom

expression:

• anything is better than nothing; kail spares bread; a bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink; tea in the belly (will fill it) for a time [literal] - proverb

noun:

• desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; underlay
• being pinned under; being caught under; being trapped under; being buried under; being crushed beneath
• model; pattern - often as 〜を下敷きにして

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to contradict ［反する］
• to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to transgress ［反する］
• to oppose; to rebel; to revolt

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to finish; to end; to be completed
• to merely result in something less severe than expected
• to feel at ease
• to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry - in the negative ➜ すみません