expression / godan ~く verb:

• to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally - idiom

noun:

• Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji era); Freedom and People's Rights Movement

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to reach
• to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

noun:

• archery range; archery ground
• shooting range; firing range; shooting gallery ［しゃじょう］ ➜ 射撃場【しゃげきじょう】
• position where an archer is standing ［いば］
• launch site (e.g. for rockets, missiles, etc.) ➜ 発射場【はっしゃじょう】

noun:

• long homeroom; occasional or periodic extra long registration class or assembly in a school (e.g. for activities not related to class work) ➜ ホームルーム

expression / noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death ➜ 丑の刻参り

noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

noun:

• tax-free small-sum savings system (often used by the elderly and the disabled); non-tax plan for small savings

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book
• to lend out completely; to lend out all of (something)

noun:

• purificatory font at shrines and temples
• kitchen
• cupboard
• room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed
• vendor of drinking water
• building for taking refuge during a flood

noun:

• speedrun; playing through a video game for additional challenge (e.g. as quickly as possible, to obtain the highest score, without using a certain weapon, etc.) ➜ やり込み【やりこみ】

noun / ~する noun:

• cover; covering; dust jacket
• cover song; cover version
• coverage

~する noun:

• to compensate for (a loss); to offset (a weakness); to back up

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to only make work for oneself; to stir up a hornet's nest; to put one's foot in one's mouth - idiom

noun:

• priority seat; courtesy seat; seat provided in trains, buses, etc. for the use of the disabled, young children, the elderly, pregnant women, etc.

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to complete most of something; to take a concrete shape; for the most important parts to be done; the nose and eyes are in place [literal] - idiom

noun:

• word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase

noun:

• geisha call-office; assignation office for geisha
• geisha on call ➜ 検番芸者

noun:

• first sound of the year for an animal; first sound of the season - obscure term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own - often in neg.

noun / ~の noun:

• tone-deafness; amusia; having no ear for music

adjectival noun:

• tone-deaf; off-key

suffix:

• having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)

noun:

• pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers)

adverb:

• a little; a bit; slightly
• just a minute; for a moment; briefly
• somewhat; rather; fairly; pretty; quite
• (not) easily; (not) readily - before a verb in negative form

interjection:

• hey!; excuse me

expression:

• intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy [literal] - idiom

noun:

• recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour; time for recess