noun:

• Japanese hymn praising the coming of the Buddha (thought to be written by Minamoto No Makoto) - Buddhism term ➜ 和讃【わさん】・来迎【らいごう】

noun:

• writing from top to bottom
• writing without a pause
• translation of classical Chinese into Japanese - abbreviation ➜ 書き下し文

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to
• to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake
• to take hold of; to possess; to haunt - of an illness, demon, etc.
• to approach (a person); to deal with (someone)

suffix:

• to be able to ...; can ... - after the -masu stem of a verb

expression:

• to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain ➜ 得【う】・得る【える】・得る【える】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl ［曲げる］
• to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant ［曲げる］
• to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert
• to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks)
• to pawn

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to love; to cherish; to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to dote on
• to show favouritism to; to be partial to
• to fondle; to caress; to pet
• to be tough on; to be rough with; to torment; to train harshly - used ironically; often as 可愛がってやる - colloquialism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change; to alter; to revise; to replace ［改める・革める］
• to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve ［改める・革める］
• to examine; to check; to inspect ［改める・検める］
• to do properly; to do formally ［改める・革める］

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to plan; to attempt; to devise
• to plot; to conspire; to scheme - esp. 謀る
• to aim for; to strive for; to work towards; to seek ［図る］
• to deceive; to trick; to take in ［謀る］

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
• to learn; to pick up; to acquire ［覚える］
• to feel ［覚える］
• to think; to regard ［覚える］

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to throw out
• to drop; to toss; to dump
• to abandon; to neglect; to leave behind; to give up
• to dismiss; to fire; to expel

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to brave; to risk; to face; to venture
• to harm; to afflict; to affect - of a disease, chemical, etc.
• to desecrate; to profane
• to assume (someone else's surname); to take

noun:

• pitch; tone; key
• time; tempo

noun / suffix:

• mood; tendency; style

noun:

• tax paid in kind (ritsuryo period); first a tax on rice fields and households, then on individuals - also 徴 - archaism

noun:

• pacifist constitution (often applied to the Japanese constitution); constitution which outlaws use of arms ➜ 日本国憲法

noun:

• marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to joke; to jest; to kid; to josh
• to make fun of; to laugh at; to play a prank
• to romp; to gambol; to frolic; to frisk; to mess around; to fool around; to screw around
• to neck; to make out

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to
• to grapple
• to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake
• to take hold of; to possess; to haunt - of a demon, thought, emotion, etc. ➜ 取り憑く【とりつく】
• to obtain a clue; to get a lead

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash; to shred
• to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch
• to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to record the passing moments
• to etch (into one's mind); to remember distinctly - as 心に刻む, etc. ➜ 心に刻む
• to have tattooed - archaism
• to torment - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit ［止める・已める］
• to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish; to abstain; to refrain

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to collect (debts); to dun; to exact; to extort
• to appoint; to promote; to give patronage
• to emphasize; to focus on; to call attention to ➜ 取り立てて

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
• to result in; to prove to be
• to consist of; to be composed of
• to succeed; to be complete
• to change into; to be exchanged for
• to play a role ➜ 成り済ます
• to be promoted - Shōgi term

godan ~る verb:

• to do ... - as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc. - honorific language

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to connect; to link together
• to tie; to fasten; to restrain
• to maintain; to preserve; to keep
• to transfer (phone call); to put a person through
• to hedge; to buy or sell forward

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to clutch; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on
• to obtain; to acquire; to get; to win; to capture
• to understand; to grasp; to comprehend

adjective:

• irritating (e.g. tone of voice); fretful; boring (e.g. work); tedious (chore, person); depressing; dark (e.g. story) - Kansai dialect

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend
• to be up to the task; to come up to ➜ 及ばない
• to compare with; to be a match (for)
• to commit (a crime) ➜ 犯罪に及ぶ
• to require (to do) - usu. used in the negative ➜ 及ばない

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to grow long (e.g. hair, nails) - esp. 伸ばす
• to lengthen; to extend; to stretch
• to reach out; to hold out - esp. 伸ばす
• to straighten; to smooth out
• to spread evenly (dough, cream, etc.)
• to dilute; to thin out
• to postpone - esp. 延ばす
• to prolong
• to strengthen; to develop; to expand