expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a commission; to take a cut; to take a piece of the action; to take a kickback - colloquialism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way

noun:

• rights accruing to the head of a household (according to laws now obsolete)

noun:

• ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank - Sumo term

godan ~む verb:

• to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring

expression / ichidan verb:

• to remain faithful to the memory of one's husband and never remarry

expression:

• we meet only to part; meeting is the first step to parting [literal] - proverb

expression / noun:

• demonym; name used to refer to the residents of a country, region, etc.

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cross the Rubicon; to pass a point of no return

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• (for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become known; to come to light; to be discovered ➜ お里が知れる【おさとがしれる】
• to be known; to be understood - often in the negative ➜ 気が知れない【きがしれない】・得体の知れない【えたいのしれない】
• to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial ➜ 高が知れている【たかがしれている】
• to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying - in the form しれたこと
• to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe - in forms like どれほど…かしれない

noun:

• shot; charge; explosion
• blow; punch
• home run - Baseball term

noun / adverbial noun:

• try; attempt

noun:

• win on the first go-around after calling riichi - Mahjong term

noun:

• bonus footage (e.g. behind-the-scenes interviews), such as that included on DVDs of movies, television programs, etc.

noun:

• mamba (snake of the genus Dendroaspis)
• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - abbreviation ➜ ヤマンバ

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be complete; to be all present; to make a full set; to be satisfied (of conditions)
• to be equal; to be uniform; to be even; to match; to agree
• to gather; to assemble; to be collected

noun:

• cabinetwork; joinery - usu. 指(し)物
• hair ornament; hairpin - often 挿(し)物
• colours; banner; small banner worn by soldiers during battle (for identification) from the Sengoku period to the end of the Edo period - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• canned food; tinned food

noun:

• confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work) - usu. 缶詰にする
• being stuck in a confined space - usu. 缶詰になる

noun / ~の noun:

• ankle; malleolus; ankle bone; bony prominence on each side of the ankle - Anatomy term

noun:

• striking on the side; slanting or driving (rain); side sweep; side blow

noun:

• flashing lights; revolving lights; lights used on the top of emergency vehicles

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent
• to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.)
• to indicate; to show; to represent; to signify; to display

auxiliary verb:

• indicates recollection or realization (i.e. of hearsay or the past); can form a poetic past tense
• indicates continuation from the past to the present
• end; conclusion - also written with the ateji 鳧

noun:

• new moon - Astronomy term
• first day of the lunar month
• (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)

expression / noun:

• something worth mentioning; something to count on - usu. used in the negative

noun / ~する noun:

• reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; completing the first stage (of the work)

noun:

• one paragraph