noun:

• source (of a spring, etc.)
• source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring

noun:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• making sport of; making a plaything of; toying with; trifling with; ridicule; mockery

noun:

• treasure ship
• picture of a treasure ship bearing the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

noun:

• the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)
• varna (each of the four Hindu castes) ➜ ヴァルナ

prefix:

• several; a number of

noun / suffix noun:

• quantity; amount

noun:

• counting; figures; numbers
• number; numeral; figure
• grammatical number - Linguistics term
• destiny; fate; course of events; trend

noun:

• year of a person's birth ［せいねん］

noun / prefix noun:

• number of years since one's birth; age - e.g. 生年35歳

noun:

• advancing in the face of death; having a narrow escape from the jaw of death - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to dream of making a fortune at one stroke; to dream of getting rich quickly

noun:

• resting one's chopsticks across the top of one's bowl (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• distance from the seam in the back of a kimono to the end of the sleeve

noun:

• chamber; room
• home of a monk; monk ➜ 坊・坊
• Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

noun:

• female student or graduate of Waseda University
• woman who allegedly pursues a career at the expense of love, feminine interests, etc. - derogatory term

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to chase; to run after; to pursue; to follow after
• to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.)
• to drive out; to get rid of; to oust; to expel
• to drive (e.g. a herd)
• to be pressed (e.g. for time) - in passive voice

noun:

• shaved head; person with a shaved head - From English "skinhead"
• skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
• to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
• to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
• to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances
• to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with
• to download; to copy from a computer to another medium - IT term
• to make someone swoon (judo) - Martial Arts term
• to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
• to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

noun:

• the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana) - Buddhism term
• the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)

ichidan verb:

• to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

adverb:

• anybody and everybody; with the best of them; as the next fellow - adv equivalent of 誰も ➜ 誰も

noun / ~の noun:

• Siberia

noun:

• cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake

noun:

• nut (as in nut and bolt)
• natural unit of information content; nat

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be troublesome; to require the aid and labour of others

noun / ~の noun:

• (person of) high rank and office (exalted station); persons in high positions - four character idiom

noun:

• rank and file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee

noun / adjectival noun:

• to the satisfaction of all parties; all sides being happy and satisfied - four character idiom