noun / ~する noun:

• filling in gaps; filling in blanks (in a form, etc.); stopgap; temporary measure
• covering up a deficit; making up for something (e.g. one's mistake)

noun:

• captive; prisoner
• victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to steal; to rob; to snatch; to pocket; to plunder
• to deceive; to trick; to cheat
• to graze (in passing); to skim; to brush against; to touch lightly
• to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.); to flit (through one's mind, across one's face)
• to do (something) while no one is looking - often as 目をかすめて
• to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate - archaism

noun:

• gift; boon
• (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

noun:

• touching a wrong card
• making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)

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)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms
• to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin; to undermine; to gnaw at (one's heart, body, etc.); to eat into; to destroy

pronoun:

• you; buddy; pal - also used colloquially by young females - male language - familiar language

noun:

• monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master - orig. meaning

noun:

• wish; desire; hope
• prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

adjectival noun / noun:

• obedient; meek; docile; unaffected
• honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)

ichidan verb:

• to put someone to work; to make someone work ➜ 働かす
• to use; to apply; to exert; to exercise (restraint, one's imagination, one's brain, etc.)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stir; to mix ➜ 混ぜ返す
• to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up; to jeer at; to interfere (when one talks) ➜ 混ぜ返す

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stir; to mix ➜ 掻き混ぜる
• to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up; to jeer at; to interfere (when one talks)

noun:

• hand; arm - occ. pronounced た when a prefix ➜ お手【おて】
• forepaw; foreleg - colloquialism ➜ お手【おて】
• handle
• hand; worker; help
• trouble; care; effort
• means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
• hand; handwriting
• kind; type; sort
• one's hands; one's possession ➜ 手に入る
• ability to cope ➜ 手に余る
• hand (of cards)
• direction ➜ 山の手

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• move (in go, shogi, etc.)

noun:

• star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon)
• offender; perpetrator - police slang - slang
• star point (in go); hoshi; intersection marked with a dot
• circular symbol (said to be shaped like a shining star)
• bullseye
• one's star (out of the nine stars); the star that determines one's fate ➜ 九星
• small dot; spot
• point; score - Sumo term

noun:

• root (of a plant)
• root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.)
• root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis
• one's true nature
• (fishing) reef

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be caught in; to be stuck in
• to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to be delayed; to take time
• to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to be involved with
• to fall for (a trick); to be deceived; to be cheated
• to be on one's mind; to worry one; to be bothered by; to feel uneasy
• to be obstructed; to be hindered
• to splash

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to stop up; to close up; to block (up); to plug up; to shut up; to cover (ears, eyes, etc.); to close (eyes, mouth)
• to stand in the way; to obstruct
• to occupy; to fill up; to take up
• to perform one's role; to do one's duty

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to feel depressed; to be in low spirits; to mope ➜ 鬱ぐ【ふさぐ】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to insert; to put in ➜ 差す
• to plant (a cutting); to strike ➜ 挿し木
• to arrange (flowers) ➜ 挿し花
• to wear (a sword) in one's belt ➜ 差す
• to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten ➜ 鎖す【さす】

noun:

• the whole world
• the whole country
• society; the public
• supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power
• having one's own way; doing as one pleases

~の noun:

• peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous

noun:

• shogun (Edo period) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• passing on to the next life - Buddhism term
• death
• giving up a struggle; submission
• being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
• coercion

noun:

• below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
• bottom
• beneath; underneath
• just after; right after - as 下から, 下より, etc.

noun / ~の noun:

• inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior)

noun:

• trade-in ➜ 下取り

prefix noun:

• preliminary; preparatory ➜ 下準備

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct - 造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc.; 創る usu. for creating
• to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
• to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train ➜ 野菜を作る
• to till
• to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
• to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
• to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found
• to have (a child)
• to make up (one's face, etc.)
• to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
• to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion
• to form (a line, etc.)
• to set (a record)
• to commit (a sin, etc.)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose
• to steal ➜ 盗る
• to eat; to have (a meal) ➜ 摂る
• to remove (one's glasses, etc.) - also written as 脱る
• to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to open (e.g. doors) - esp. 開く
• to open (e.g. business, etc.) - esp. 開く
• to be empty - esp. 空く
• to be vacant; to be available; to be free - esp. 空く
• to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.) - esp. 明く
• to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.) - esp. 明く
• to come to an end - esp. 明く

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.) - esp. 明く

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events) ➜ 穴が開く