noun:

• firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys) - From Dutch "ransel"

noun:

• tank for holding excreta (often used for fertilizer) (fertiliser); night soil vat or reservoir; cesspool

noun:

• drainboard; floor grates; duckboard; slatted wood (e.g. used as a base for storing futons inside a cupboard)

noun:

• surrounding area ［へ・べ］ - archaism
• shore (of the sea) ［へ・べ］

suffix:

• suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc. - esp. え,べ

noun:

• wooden board used on the ridge-ends of a roof instead of an onigawara tile (sometimes covered in copper sheeting) ➜ 鬼瓦

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes)
• to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat

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

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be heard; to be audible
• to be said to be; to be reputed

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to miss (a train, bus, etc.)
• to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

noun:

• forget-me-not (esp. the water forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides)

noun:

• bottom depths (of water); abyss
• depths (of something); bottom

adverb:

• completely; thoroughly; fully - archaism

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to become hard and fibrous; to go to seed; to have passed one's prime; to have lost the first bloom of one's youth

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to run (race, esp. horse); to dash
• to gallop (one's horse); to canter
• to advance (against one's enemy) - archaism

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to tear up; to tear off; to rip up
• to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge
• to resent; to bear a grudge

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge
• to resent; to bear a grudge

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cut with scissors; to put scissors to; to punch (e.g. ticket); to prune (e.g. shrub)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to turn over a new leaf; to go straight - idiom
• to wash one's feet

noun:

• the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology - four character idiom

noun:

• food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu) - Food term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to avoid (physical contact with) ［よける］
• to avoid (situation) ［さける］

ichidan verb:

• to ward off; to avert