expression / godan ~る verb:

• to perform anal sex; to bugger; to sodomize; to sodomise - colloquialism - vulgar ➜ お釜を掘る
• to crash one's car into the back of another

noun:

• bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger - esp. しっぺ - usually written using kana alone

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to ripen
• to give one's everything; to make one's best effort - idiom ➜ 身が入る

noun / ~する noun:

• relieving oneself; going to the toilet
• finishing one's business ➜ 用弁

expression:

• if (an action, etc.)
• since ...; if you are going to ...
• one after another; indicates repeated action
• adds emphasis

noun:

• roundabout explanation
• one's words; one's speaking - humble language

expression / adjective:

• having a headache
• racking one's brains; troubling over something ➜ 頭の痛い

noun:

• dishonor that persists after death ➜ 生き恥
• shame at the moment of one's death

noun:

• hanger-on; follower; flunky; sycophant
• purse strapped round one's waist

expression / ichidan verb:

• to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
• to bow one's head; to hang one's head

noun / ~する noun:

• involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism
• grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation

noun / ~の noun:

• under the wing (esp. of an aircraft)
• under one's wing; under one's control

noun:

• grapple; scuffle; fight
• defeating one's enemy on the battlefield

noun:

• daikon julienne; julienned daikon - abbreviation ➜ 繊蘿蔔

numeric:

• one ten-millionth

noun:

• old maid (card game)
• living without one's mother-in-law - slang

noun:

• a square sun (i.e. approx 9sq. cm.) ➜ 寸
• one's mind; space occupied by one's heart

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to get up (e.g. from bed)
• to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life

noun:

• industry law; law regulating a certain industry
• work one is obligated to carry out - archaism

noun:

• bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep
• habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit

noun:

• laying out (e.g. ground plan, garden); layout
• taking space (Go); obtaining land; gaining territory
• training done in one's own stable - Sumo term
• (police) legwork - abbreviation ➜ 地取り捜査

noun:

• sharp ear; long ears
• ability to remember everything one hears

adjectival noun / noun:

• secluded - archaism
• leaning to one side - archaism

suffix:

• ending; quitting; closing - after a noun ➜ 店じまい
• ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to - after the 〜ず negative form of a verb; indicates disappointment

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bake; to plate; to print; to fire (e.g. pottery); to stain
• to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness

~する noun:

• to become a mistress; to serve as a concubine ➜ 妾奉公
• to serve one's master ➜ 主人に仕える