godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees ➜ 這い蹲う

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees ➜ 這い蹲る

adverb:

• exactly; just; precisely - onomatopoeia
• punctually; exactly on time - onomatopoeia

~と adverb:

• clearly delineated (of boundaries, etc.) - onomatopoeia

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)

noun:

• Kasuga Festival (held at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara on March 13)

noun:

• book of stamps (each confirming donation to a temple on a pilgrimage)

noun:

• moving gadget on a pachinko machine designed to add excitement to play - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• flat display; stacking something flat (e.g. lying on its side, faceup)

noun / ~の noun:

• transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself
• artificial fly (for fishing)

noun:

• mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound

noun:

• boat festival; festival with portable shrines carried on boats

interjection:

• come on; hurry up; chop chop - archaism ➜ 其れ其れ【それそれ】
• yeah; that's right; exactly - archaism ➜ 其れ其れ【それそれ】

noun:

• climbing kiln; ascending kiln; connected (pottery) kilns built on a slope

noun:

• debt bondage (ritsuryo system); forced labor on failure to pay a debt

expression / ichidan verb:

• to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law

noun:

• near one's knee
• under the protection of (e.g. one's parents); under the care of
• territory of a powerful person ［ひざもと］ ➜ お膝元
• address used after the names of one's parents, grandparents, etc. in a letter ［しっか］

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to shorten; to move closer together

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to reduce (spending); to conserve

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to focus intently on; to strain oneself to do - usu. as 根を詰める ➜ 根を詰める

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work out (details)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be on duty; to be stationed

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate
• to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.) - the meaning "to catch one's finger" is predominantly used in Kansai ➜ 指を詰める

suffix / ichidan verb:

• to continue ...; to keep doing ... without a break
• to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly
• to force someone into a difficult situation by ...

noun:

• sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb)
• Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)

noun:

• style of speaking in which the speaker gives the end of each sentence or phrase a higher intonation - From English "up talk"

expression:

• the poor can't afford manners; only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite - proverb

adverb:

• at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much (far) as possible

noun:

• circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of
• (computer) peripheral - IT term

noun:

• (former) Ministry of Finance (1869-2001) ➜ 財務省
• Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains
• mountain recess ［やまかげ］

noun:

• all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions
• large hanging lantern ➜ 八方行灯