ichidan verb / transitive:

• to loosen; to slacken Antonym: 締める
• to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relieve (tension)
• to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions); to loosen (control)
• to reduce (speed); to slow down; to ease up
• to make more gradual (of a slope)

noun / suffix noun:

• earth; ground; land; soil
• place
• territory
• bottom (of a package, book, etc.) ➜ 天地無用
• earth (one of the five elements) ➜ 五大・土【ど】

noun / ~する noun:

• making use of; application; practical use; effective management (e.g. of funds)
• operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)

noun:

• (sheet) music; (musical) note; (musical) score
• genealogy; family tree
• record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 棋譜

noun:

• (monetary) present to a person in distress; gift of money in token of one's sympathy; solatium

noun / adjectival noun:

• obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; being incapable of making sound judgments because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; pigheaded; incapable of making sound judgements because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality - four character idiom

expression:

• missing important things here and there; full of gaps; as if the teeth of a comb were missing [literal]

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of a limited number of verbs ending in "ru" (in written Japanese)

noun:

• conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "i" or "u" for every conjugation)

noun:

• conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "e" or "u" for every conjugation)

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of a limited number of verbs ending in "ru" (in written Japanese) - abbreviation ➜ ラ行変格活用

noun:

• honeyeater (any of a number of long-tongued Australasian songbirds, esp. the cardinal honeyeater, Myzomela cardinalis)

noun:

• (head priest of) temple formerly led by founder of sect; temple in which resided a member of nobility or imperial family; (head priest of) Honganji (temple in Kyoto)

~と adverb / adverb:

• lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore) - onomatopoeia
• steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching) - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough - often used adverbially as ひたひたに - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• speedily; promptly; quickly; smoothly - onomatopoeia - archaism
• closely; exactly - onomatopoeia - archaism

noun:

• brown meat (crab); miso-like paste found inside a crab's (and arthropods in general) intestinal area
• miso mixed with crab innards or scraps

noun:

• meeting or association of stable masters belonging to the same grouping - Sumo term
• meeting or association of followers of a famous performer (in rakugo, etc.)

adverb / ~の noun:

• for a while; for some time; for a period

noun:

• prefatory sutra - Buddhism term
• opening a sutra; beginning to read a sutra

expression / adjective:

• not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke

expression:

• one should not rush to make a profit; business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin - obscure term

noun / ~する noun / intransitive verb:

• looking up to a person as one's own master or model; being influenced by a person through his works; idolizing

noun / ~する noun:

• accumulation; retention; collection; sequestration (as in carbon dioxide sequestration); storage (usually a liquid, e.g. rainwater, or behind a dam.)

noun:

• one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc. - slang
• takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway; take-away - polite language ➜ 持ち帰り【もちかえり】

noun:

• Japanese Western-style envelope (opening on the long dimension; numbered 0-7, each with different sizes)