godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to
• to keep close to; to go along with
• to get involved with; to be thick with; to become intimate

noun:

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

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to hurt
• to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict; to distress; to bother; to trouble; to stump; to baffle

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust
• to sting; to bite ➜ 螫す
• to sew; to stitch; to embroider
• to pole (a boat) ➜ 差す
• to catch (with a limed pole)
• to put (a runner) out; to pick off - Baseball term

noun:

• taiko; title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son - esp. refers to Toyotomi Hideyoshi - honorific language ➜ 関白【かんぱく】

noun:

• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - Food term ➜ ばら寿司【ばらずし】・五目鮨【ごもくずし】

noun:

• living in another person's house without paying for food and lodging; sponging on other people for accommodation

noun:

• Washington Convention (i.e. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) ➜ ＣＩＴＥＳ

noun:

• adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear ➜ 臨機応変

noun:

• Epistle to the Corinthians (comprising two books of the Bible) - obscure term ➜ コリント人への手紙

noun:

• Epistle to the Corinthians (comprising two books of the Bible)

noun:

• backmarker (competitor at the tail of the field, likely to be lapped)

noun:

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

noun:

• Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 四諦

noun:

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

expression / ~の noun:

• the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times

noun:

• government and people; those in and out of the court or government; the entire nation

noun:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• preliminary loading of the (cargo) ship (in preparation for moving cargo around inside the ship)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
• to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
• to speak (a language)

noun / ~の noun:

• on the desk

~の noun:

• theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan); desktop; paper; not yet implemented - idiom ➜ 机上の空論

noun:

• gluing by hand; gambling without money (on the understanding that losses shall be covered later)

noun:

• public transmission rights (e.g. putting copyrightable material on the WWW or an FTP server)

noun:

• half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh ➜ 結跏趺坐【けっかふざ】

noun:

• growing older
• aging ceremony (on New Year's Eve or the last night of winter)