godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to fly up (as if dancing); to soar; to rise

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• devote oneself to
• to do as one pleases; to act selfishly

expression:

• as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction ➜ 思い通り

adjectival noun / noun:

• second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); the latter; defendant ➜ 甲【こう】
• stylish; chic; spicy; witty; tasty; romantic

adjectival noun:

• strange; quaint; queer

expression:

• thank you; good job; goodbye; goodnight - abbreviation - slang ➜ お疲れ様

expression:

• pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; the proud Heike family does not last long [literal] - proverb

expression:

• pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; the proud Heike family does not last long [literal] - proverb ➜ 奢る平家久しからず【おごるへいけひさしからず】

expression / adjective:

• to ignore; to take no notice of; to give the cold shoulder to; to not associate with; to snub; to refuse to deal with

noun:

• flower arrangement in a built-up style
• placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt ［もりばな］ ➜ 盛り塩
• seasonal peak of flowers ［せいか］

noun:

• sneeze

expression:

• spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death ［くさめ］ - idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick
• vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim

noun / suffix:

• including; inclusive of ［こみ］

noun:

• komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go) - usu. コミ - usually written using kana alone - abbreviation ➜ コミ出し【コミだし】

noun:

• chickweed (stitchwort) roasted and mixed with salt, then ground into a powder for use as toothpaste - obscure term

noun:

• bonus footage (e.g. behind-the-scenes interviews), such as that included on DVDs of movies, television programs, etc.

noun:

• small purification wand - archaism
• thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) ➜ 切麻

noun:

• pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) as three chows - Mahjong term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to collect; to put (it all) together; to integrate; to consolidate; to unify
• to summarize; to aggregate
• to bring to a conclusion; to finalize; to settle; to put in order
• to establish; to decide

pre-noun adjectival:

• Mother (as in Mother Earth, Mother Nature, etc.) ➜ 母なる自然

expression / ichidan verb:

• to act (as); to hold an office; to play the part (of)

noun:

• one clap
• one beat
• one mora (taken as a unit of time)

noun:

• normal rice (as opposed to mochi rice); non-sticky rice ➜ 粳【うる】

expression:

• month after month; as the months go by; with each passing month

godan ~る verb:

• to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is

ichidan verb:

• to make; to make something what it should be; to cause to be - archaism

expression:

• going well together; good combination - idiom

noun:

• family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle
• design featuring bamboo and sparrows (motif in Japanese painting)

suffix:

• first-person plural (or singular) - humble language
• second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to) - derogatory term