noun:

• excess or deficiency; too much or too little - often with なく or のない meaning neither too much nor too little

noun:

• (whether) existent or non-existent; life or death

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to push or press or force down; to depress

noun:

• parent root or stock; pre-split stock or share

noun:

• one thing or another; this and that; something or another

expression / adverb:

• in some way; somehow or other
• somewhere or other

conjunction:

• or

noun:

• OR - IT term

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to become fine (of fabric)
• to be checkmated - Shōgi term
• to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to reach the limits

noun:

• a number of interesting stories; book containing a number of interesting stories

noun:

• general; admiral
• head; chief; leader; boss; kingpin
• old chap; mate; boss; chief; man - familiar or jocular term for addressing a male - familiar language
• athlete who competes in the last match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.) ➜ 先鋒【せんぽう】

noun:

• date of execution (e.g. of a contract); agreement date (e.g. of a contract); entering date (e.g. into treaty)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to embarrass oneself
• to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku) - orig. meaning

noun / suffix noun:

• clothes (esp. Western clothes)

suffix / counter:

• counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc. ➜ 一服

expression / ichidan verb:

• to die in (a foreign land); to engage in something until death comes; to do something for the rest of one's life

noun:

• box in which ashes of the deceased are kept; box in which a funerary urn is kept

noun:

• traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers ➜ 衣冠・束帯
• crown; diadem; coronet
• top kanji radical ［かんむり］
• first verse of a haikai, etc. ［かむり］ ➜ 俳諧

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• best; peerless; first ［かん］

noun:

• name; title; named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc. ［かんむり］

noun:

• common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge ➜ 常識

noun / ~の noun:

• three colours; three colors

noun:

• triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 三色同順
• triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 三色同刻

noun:

• stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task - four character idiom

noun:

• paper for fans or parasols (cut in a fan shape)
• ground paper; backing paper

noun:

• having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source ➜ 通

noun:

• long interlude (in folk songs or koto music)
• wiles (e.g. used by a prostitute to lure customers); finesse; trick

noun:

• trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

noun:

• home in which a woman stays during her period (or while giving birth) - archaism
• period; menstruation; menses - archaism