noun:

• ko-on; ancient reading; reading of a kanji based on Zhou, Han and Wei dynasty Chinese

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle (a matter) for the time being; to complete the first stage (of something)

noun / ~する noun:

• change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• total coverage; giving total coverage to the key figure(s) of a TV or film documentary ➜ 密着

interjection:

• what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!; damn!

noun:

• ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)

~よい adjective:

• easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)

noun:

• peasants chosen to carry the payment of a tax (in kind) to the capital (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun:

• green dragon tile - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 緑發
• winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• unique user (of a website); UU - IT term

expression:

• sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; let a large bug live and kill a small one [literal] - proverb

noun:

• capital; metropolis; seat of government
• capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light)
• location of the Imperial Palace

noun:

• amiability; friendliness; affability; sociability
• fondness (of someone); affection; liking ➜ 愛想を尽かす
• compliments; civilities; courtesies; flattery ➜ お愛想
• hospitality; special treatment; entertainment ➜ お愛想
• bill (at a restaurant); check ➜ お愛想

noun:

• taking over (e.g. store or family's headship)
• subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

adjectival noun / noun:

• inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked - archaism ➜ 無道

noun:

• (the crime of) barbarity (such as killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse) ➜ 八虐

noun:

• large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get a rakeoff; to get a kickback; to take a kickback

noun:

• true character; true form; true colors (colours); identity; truth (of a mystery, phenomenon, etc.); origin
• consciousness; one's senses

noun / ~する noun:

• glued to; closely related to
• giving total coverage to the key figure(s) of a TV or film documentary

godan ~す verb:

• to knock down the price of
• to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to put; to place
• to leave (behind)
• to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up
• to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ
• to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc)
• to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
• to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house
• to separate spatially or temporally

godan ~く verb / auxiliary verb:

• to do something in advance - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone
• to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to desire
• to wish for; to expect
• to see; to command (a view of)

noun / suffix:

• place; spot; scene; site - also pronounced どころ when a suffix
• address
• district; area; locality
• one's house
• point; aspect; side; facet ➜ いいとこ
• passage (in text); part
• space; room
• thing; matter

noun:

• whereupon; as a result - after the plain past form of a verb
• about to; on the verge of - after present form of a verb
• was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing - after past form of a verb