noun:

• way of sitting by placing both knees on the ground and standing upright

noun:

• writings on many different topics ➜ 雑書
• book that cannot be classified in any category

noun:

• woman who puts thick white powder on her neck; low class prostitute - derogatory term

noun:

• (sake) brewed in wooden vats, squeezed out by weight on a pole - obsolete term

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term

noun:

• government rules on structure, staffing, etc. of local bodies (e.g. police force)

noun / ~する noun:

• keeping an eye on people's belongings (so they don't get stolen)

noun:

• short, padded coat that covers someone and a baby on their back - abbreviation ➜ ねんねこ半纏

noun / ~する noun:

• sleeping; sleep - orig. meaning - children's language

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term ➜ 五体投地【ごたいとうち】

noun:

• providing bank services on a Sunday (esp. ATM access) - From English "Sunday banking"

noun:

• sastrugi; parallel wave-like ridges formed on a snow surface by the wind

noun:

• meeting one's master for the first time (of a new servant); ceremony at which a new servant has his first audience with his new master - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to give (time, money, goods); to donate
• to do; to perform; to conduct
• to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
• to sow; to seed; to scatter (e.g. fertilizer); to sprinkle
• to spread far and wide - archaism

noun / prefix / suffix:

• medium; average; middle

noun:

• moderation
• middle school - abbreviation ➜ 中一・中学校
• China - abbreviation ➜ 中国
• volume two (of three) - abbreviation ➜ 中巻

suffix noun:

• during (a certain time when one did or is doing something); under (construction, etc.); while ➜ 話し中
• in; out of (e.g. three out of ten people) ➜ 中【じゅう】

expression / adverb:

• just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; in the time it takes to say "ah!" [literal]

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
• to sever (connections, ties) ➜ 縁を切る
• to turn off (e.g. the light)
• to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect ➜ 電話を切る
• to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
• to open (something sealed)
• to start
• to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.)
• to reduce; to decrease; to discount ➜ 値切る
• to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
• to cross; to traverse
• to criticize sharply
• to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
• to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
• to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
• to shuffle (cards)
• to discard a tile - Mahjong term
• to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate
• to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
• to trump ➜ 切り札
• to cut (the connection between two groups) (in go)
• to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone) - also written as 鑽る
• to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to finish; to complete - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 疲れきる

noun / ~の noun:

• firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun ➜ 単発銃【たんぱつじゅう】
• having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; single-engined airplane ➜ 単発機【たんぱつき】
• one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial; one-off; single occasion

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly
• to express (e.g. emotion in poetry)
• to read (extra meaning) into (something)
• to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system); to load - IT term

noun:

• five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death) - archaism
• five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death) - archaism ➜ 律令制
• five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death) ➜ 五刑

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash; to shred
• to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch
• to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to record the passing moments
• to etch (into one's mind); to remember distinctly - as 心に刻む, etc. ➜ 心に刻む
• to have tattooed - archaism
• to torment - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• intermission during a performance (e.g. variety show, play, sumo, etc.)
• temporary departure of an actor (between the first and second halves of a noh or kyogen performance, during which time they change costumes, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• down (opposite of up); becoming lower; being brought down; bringing down
• being down (e.g. with a cold) and unable to continue (work)
• down (e.g. a system); not running (e.g. servers) - IT term
• download; downstream - abbreviation - IT term

noun:

• down (feathers)

noun / ~する noun:

• regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on

noun:

• market price
• speculation (e.g. on stocks)
• reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation; esteem