ichidan verb / transitive:

• to want; to wish for
• to request; to demand
• to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job)
• to purchase; to buy - polite language ➜ 買う

lower nidan verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to want; to wish for - often now as ...(を)求む ➜ 求める
• to request; to demand - archaism ➜ 求める
• to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job) - archaism ➜ 求める
• to purchase; to buy - polite language - archaism ➜ 求める

prefix:

• anti-

noun:

• antithesis ➜ 反定立
• fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone - abbreviation ➜ 反切

noun:

• life-sized doll used for masturbation - From English "Dutch wife"
• cage (rattan or cane) used in bed in the tropics
• bolster used for warmth when sleeping

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make amends; to compensate for; to make up for

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to forgive a person for their error; to forgive someone for their mistake

expression / adverb:

• for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account ➜ 為に

noun:

• room for rent (lease); room to let; office space for rent (lease)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pay for one's transgression; to receive punishment for one's crime

noun / ~する noun:

• cleaning up or covering for another; bearing the consequences of someone else's error; paying a debt for someone; wiping another's buttocks [literal]

noun:

• gathering place
• labour camp for drifters, criminals, etc. (Edo period) - abbreviation ➜ 人足寄場
• entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall ➜ 寄席

expression:

• if you visit the toilet while travelling, you will get behind your fellow travelers; one chou for a piss, one ri for a shit [literal] - archaism - proverb ➜ 里【り】・町

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to qualify (as); to have the qualifications (for ...); to be entitled to; to have a claim (for)

expression:

• to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree [literal] - from Mencius - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• using a new brush for the first time
• doing something for the first time
• man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)

noun:

• between (e.g. two people); face to face
• hindrance; impediment
• arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music - usually written using kana alone - Music term

prefix:

• prefix used for stress or emphasis

counter:

• counter for traditional dance songs

noun:

• substitution
• material
• price
• margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something
• shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.) - archaism ➜ 反【たん】

noun:

• Regional Rapid Service (JR West); Section Rapid Service; RRS; SRS; train service which is local for one section and express for another

noun:

• hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village
• legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La

expression:

• to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius) [literal] - variant of 木に縁りて... - proverb ➜ 木に縁りて魚を求む【きによりてうおをもとむ】

noun:

• double-sided wait (for one's last tile); wait for either of two different tiles to complete a chow which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• double-sided wait (for one's last tile); wait for either of two different tiles to complete a chow which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term ➜ 両面待ち【リャンメンまち】

noun / ~する noun:

• begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

expression:

• there's always room for dessert; there's another stomach for dessert [literal]

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• (for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy
• (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy