noun:

• anchor (of a ship) ➜ 錨【いかり】
• last runner or swimmer in a relay team
• news anchor; news presenter - abbreviation ➜ アンカーマン
• anchor (clock component); pallet fork ➜ アンクル
• anchor (HTML) - IT term
• link to previous post (e.g. in web forums) - IT term ➜ レスアンカー

noun:

• metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; crowbar
• iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)

expression:

• to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table

noun:

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

noun:

• determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech - esp. 口裏
• divining good or bad luck from listening to someone - esp. 口占 - archaism

noun:

• someone who made a short trip to America; going to America just long enough for a pee (ref. to short USA trip after WWII to boost one's credentials) - obsolete term - derogatory term ➜ 小便【しょんべん】

expression:

• all men are alike; all lives are alike; all men live and die; we all bleed the same; a pike conger has one life, a shrimp does too [literal] - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool ➜ 粋がる

expression / noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)

noun:

• photomontage; manipulated photo; photoshopped picture - slang - abbreviation ➜ コラージュ
• kora (West-African instrument)
• kora layer; layer formed from volcanic ash on the southern part of the Satsuma Peninsula - Geology term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool

expression / ichidan verb:

• to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
• to favor; to favour; to be partial to

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to carry up; to bring up; to lift up
• to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shorten; to cut short; to trim
• to cut down on; to reduce; to economize; to economise

noun:

• mountain and water; landscape (containing hills and rivers)
• landscape picture ［さんすい］ - abbreviation ➜ 山水画
• mountain stream; water that flows down from a mountain
• garden which contains an artificial hill and a pond ［さんすい］ ➜ 築山

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on

adjective:

• friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

noun:

• landed and tenant farming; landed farming with some tenant farming on the side

expression:

• How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

expression:

• How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to give an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)

noun:

• graduate university; university concentrating on graduate-level education and advanced research; research university

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to charge; to lunge; to rush
• to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone)
• to collide with; to bump into

adjectival noun / adverb / noun / ~の noun:

• amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic)
• full
• one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat

adverb / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• fully; to capacity - usually written using kana alone
• a lot; much - usually written using kana alone

suffix noun / adverbial noun:

• all of ...; the entire ... - usually written using kana alone