noun / ~する noun:

• strikeout - Baseball term ➜ 三振

noun:

• (several) vain attempts; failing despite giving one's best - idiom

~の noun / noun:

• original
• unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive; one-of-a-kind; custom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to get dirty; to become dirty
• to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity ➜ 汚れる【けがれる】

adverb:

• at last; at length - onomatopoeia
• barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth - onomatopoeia

expression:

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

adverb:

• somehow; anyhow; one way or another

noun:

• native Japanese reading of a Chinese character ➜ 音【おん】

noun / suffix:

• precept; lesson; one's teachings ➜ 処世訓【しょせいくん】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to capsize
• to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over; to lie on one's back

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass)
• to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

noun:

• dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage)
• end; end of the road; end point; as far as one can go

adjectival noun / noun:

• proficient; skillful ➜ 堪能【かんのう】

noun / ~する noun:

• enjoying; satisfaction; satiation; having one's fill (of)

noun / ~する noun:

• confrontation; standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings)
• squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against; holding one's own with

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to declare; to assert; to state definitively
• to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

adjectival noun:

• physiological; physical
• visceral; instinctive; in one's guts

noun:

• numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in shop, etc.)
• zone ticket; boarding ticket; bus ticket dispensed at boarding, used to show where one boarded

lower nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to get dirty; to become dirty - archaism ➜ 汚れる【よごれる】
• to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity - archaism ➜ 汚れる【よごれる】

noun:

• baby's play pen; play yard
• Pleiad; La Pléiade; one of a group of seven 16th century French poets - From French

adjective:

• insufficient; not enough; lacking Antonym: 足りる
• dim-witted; slow; one brick short of a full load

noun:

• getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again - Sumo term
• starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one

noun:

• smack in the middle; perfect strike; bull's eye - colloquialism ➜ ど・ストライク

adjectival noun:

• perfect (for something or someone); just right; just the way one likes it - colloquialism

noun:

• powerful official; powerful office; influential position
• holding of concurrent (official) posts; concurrent post; one's second post ➜ 兼官

noun:

• roost; nest
• pad; crib; one's home - colloquialism

godan ~う verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to sing

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem - esp. 歌う, 詠う

adjectival noun / noun:

• spare time; free time; leisure

noun:

• time (e.g. time it takes to do something) ［ひま・ヒマ］

adjectival noun / noun:

• time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave
• quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse)

adjectival noun:

• (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow ［ひま・ヒマ］

noun:

• leaving; departing ［いとま］ ➜ 御暇

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to wash; to cleanse; to rinse
• to inquire into; to investigate
• to purify (one's heart)
• to lave (e.g. shore); to wash over (e.g. deck); to sweep

noun:

• wife ［妻］
• my dear; dear; honey ［妻・夫］ - archaism
• garnish (esp. one served with sashimi) - usually written using kana alone
• embellishment - usually written using kana alone