suffix noun:

• a little over; a little more than
• powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity

adverb:

• unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain ➜ 頭ごなし

noun:

• sound of the sea; sound of the waves
• sound of massed chanting of sutras, etc. - Buddhism term

noun:

• book of poetry
• The Classic of Poetry and The Classic of History (Chinese texts)

godan ~る verb:

• to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close ➜ なりかける

noun:

• frog (esp. the wrinkled frog or Asian grass frog); toad (esp. the Japanese toad) - colloquialism

noun:

• group of languages (i.e. the Romance languages, considered as a subset of the Italic languages)
• group of words

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

noun:

• part of the fabric that is tucked closest to the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) ➜ 上前

noun:

• speartooth shark (Glyphis glyphis, species of fresh water requiem shark from the western Pacific known only from the original description of 1839)

noun:

• full moon; 15th day of the lunar calendar
• full moon of the eighth lunar month ［もちづき］

noun / adjectival noun:

• the point of an argument being clearly stated; the tenor of an argument being well-reasoned - four character idiom

adverb / noun:

• unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain

noun:

• Institute for the Study of Western Books (Edo period); Institute for the Investigation of Foreign Books

noun:

• candlelight service (e.g. in a church)
• ceremony during a wedding reception where the bride and the groom go from table to table lighting a candle at each

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into
• to reject; to deny; to refuse
• to eliminate; to exclude; to leave out
• to flip; to splash; to splatter
• to decapitate; to behead - esp. 刎ねる
• to jump up
• to point or curl up (e.g. ends of hair)

expression:

• complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways - four character idiom

noun:

• upper reaches (of a river); upper stream Antonym: 下【しも】
• top; upper part; upper half (of the body)
• long ago
• beginning; first
• person of high rank (e.g. the emperor) - honorific language ➜ 御上
• government; imperial court
• imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace ➜ 上方【かみがた】
• head (of a table)
• wife; mistress (of a restaurant) - honorific language

adverb:

• one after another; one after the other; in rotation

noun / ~する noun:

• exchanging one after the other; changing repeatedly

noun:

• large cut (e.g. of meat) ［大切り・大切］
• last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to carry something out of a place
• to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
• to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject); to raise (an issue); to mention

noun:

• ratio of the margin of loss of an electoral candidate in a single-constituent district (used to break ties when determining the representative of a proportionally represented district)

noun:

• training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video); mental dry run - From English "image training"

noun:

• carapace; shell
• 1st in rank; grade A
• instep; back of hand
• the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party; plaintiff (label in legal documents) ➜ 乙【おつ】