expression / ichidan verb:

• to set one's hand to; to start work on
• to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion)
• to have sexual relations; to have an affair

expression:

• to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree [literal] - from Mencius - proverb

noun:

• pulling something out (in a stroke); plucking out
• forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators)
• overtaking multiple people (in a spurt); pulling ahead

godan ~す verb:

• to use one thing for several purposes; to use the same thing on multiple occasions
• to work someone hard; to order around; to boss

noun:

• first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence)
• initials (of one's name)

adverb:

• hourly; from one minute to the next; from hour to hour; moment by moment; with each passing moment - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be wide-eyed (in surprise); to open one's eyes wide (in wonder); to be amazed (at, by)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be based on; to have origin in
• to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to rust together; to be rust-covered; to be rust-eaten
• "to lose one's skill" [figurative]

noun:

• time for reporting to work
• time one leaves home to go to work
• working hours; number of hours worked

noun:

• celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth)
• gift at the birth of a child; baby gift

noun / adverb:

• hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment; momently; from one minute to the next; with each passing moment - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to incline; to lean; to tip; to tilt; to slant; to bend; to list
• to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to pour one's energy into
• to ruin; to squander; to empty
• to drink (alcohol)

prefix noun:

• the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former
• pre- (e.g. "premodern") - before the name of an era

~の noun / noun:

• before; earlier ➜ 前【まえ】

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to forget one's worries

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to trifle with; to fool around with

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be scorched into; to be seared into
• to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be shameless; to have a lot of nerve; to have nerves of steel; to have hair on one's heart [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere
• to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - slang - abbreviation ➜ じわじわ・じわじわ来る

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - colloquialism ➜ じわじわ

adverb / pronoun:

• where; which; who
• anyway; anyhow; at any rate

adverb:

• sooner or later; eventually; one of these days; at some future date or time

pronoun:

• both; either; any; all; whichever

noun:

• substitution
• material
• price
• margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something
• shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.) - archaism ➜ 反【たん】

expression:

• counting one's chickens before they've hatched; counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught [literal] - idiom

noun:

• nursery school sleepover; one night sleepover at school in summer vacation of last year of nursery school