ichidan verb / transitive:

• to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to establish; to run; to maintain
• to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal)
• to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to stand ready; to be poised for

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to put on an air; to assume an attitude
• to stiffen; to tense up; to become formal

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fabricate in order to deceive; to make up; to feign
• to plan; to scheme

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to attend on; to wait upon; to accompany; to escort and wait on; to chaperone

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to cut and hang down; to cut shorter
• to round down (e.g. fraction)

noun:

• reputation; fame; credit; honor and distinction; honour and distinction

noun:

• influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously; tortuously - onomatopoeia

noun:

• total work of art; complete work of art; Gesamtkunstwerk; artwork that integrates music, poetry, and acting; composite art

adverb:

• in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it ➜ 詰まり【つまり】

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• lofty; soaring; towering; precipitous; high and steep; sharply sticking out; jutting upward

adverb:

• in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all

noun:

• parent; parents; mother and father ［親］
• dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker ［親］ ➜ 子【こ】
• founder; inventor
• (pet) owner ［親］

~の noun / noun:

• key; parent (organization); main ［親］

noun:

• ancestor; forefather

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run
• driving
• working (capital, etc.)

noun:

• little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
• female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period) ［しょうじょ・少女］ - archaism

expression:

• something; something or other; so-and-so

adverb:

• somehow; anyhow; one way or another

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink)
• to be washed away; to be carried
• to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to wander; to stray
• to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire); to spread; to circulate
• to be heard (e.g. music); to be played
• to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair)
• to pass; to elapse; to be transmitted
• to be called off; to be forfeited
• to disappear; to be removed

noun:

• adjectival noun (Japanese); quasi-adjective; nominal adjective; na-, taru-, nari- and tari-adjective - Linguistics term

noun / ~の noun / suffix noun:

• all; everything; the whole; lock, stock, and barrel

adverbial noun:

• absolutely not (with negative); without exception; entirely not

adverb / conjunction:

• yet; moreover; and

suffix:

• including...; with ...; inclusive of; ...and all

noun / ~の noun:

• disturbance; trouble; ups and downs

noun:

• (air or sea) route; course; line; run

noun / ~する noun:

• windings; meanderings; complications; twists and turns

noun:

• gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables - Food term - From Chinese "jiǎozi"

noun:

• townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

noun:

• nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets