noun:

• title of a scripture or sacred text (e.g. Buddhist sutra)
• title on a scroll or rolled book ➜ 巻き物【まきもの】

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); voluminously flowing
• (speak) eloquently; fluently; spout forth (a torrent of speech)
• flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow

noun:

• appointment or dismissal conjecturally reported in the media (esp. when the conjecture turned out to be wrong); announcement of an appointment that turns out to be mere press speculation - four character idiom

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to request; to beg; to ask
• to call; to order; to reserve
• to entrust to
• to rely on - esp. 恃む

noun:

• article for sale; goods for sale; offering; For Sale (on a sign)
• specialty; selling point

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

• unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; staggering; reeling; tottering; dizzily - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• wandering; wavering; aimlessly; without knowing what one is doing; having no goal in mind - onomatopoeia

noun:

• continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; remaining on one's guard; being prepared for a counterstroke
• follow-through (e.g. in archery)
• lingering affection; attachment; regret; regrets; reluctance - orig. meaning

adverb / suffix:

• throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat - orig. from 座居, meaning "seat"
• government position; court rank ➜ 位階
• social standing; rank; class; echelon; rung

noun:

• grade (of quality, etc.); level; tier; rank
• digit (e.g. the tens, the hundreds, etc.); place ➜ 桁
• degree; extent; amount ➜ どの位

noun:

• warrior from the eastern parts of Japan - derogatory term - archaism - Kantō dialect
• eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China) ［とうい］

expression / ichidan verb:

• to button up wrong; to start from the wrong button
• to bungle up the order - idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to sell out
• to sell widely; to sell on a large scale

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display - esp. 生かる, 活かる
• to be buried - esp. 埋かる

expression:

• a man's word is his bond; a man does not go back on what he's said - proverb ➜ 二言【にごん】

expression / adverb:

• in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

noun:

• balance of margin transaction; balance (of a stock) bought on margin

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be on track; to be going to plan ➜ 軌道に乗せる
• to enter orbit

noun:

• presumption of legitimacy; presumption of child in wedlock; presumption that the ex-husband is the father of a woman's child born within 300 days of their divorce - Law term

auxiliary verb:

• (I) will; (I) shall - on non-五段 stem, e.g. 食べる→食べよう; indicates intention
• let's - on non-五段 stem; indicates suggestion or invitation
• (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); maybe; perhaps; perchance - on non-五段 stem; indicates speculation

interjection:

• hey; yo; hi - familiar language

particle:

• come on; hey - empathetic version of よ ➜ よ

noun:

• pattern; figure; design
• state; condition
• conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems
• model; pattern; example
• indicates that something seems likely (e.g. rain or storm) - after a noun
• framework (in go); territorial framework; moyo

noun:

• leader; boss
• upper part of a flag
• (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals

noun / suffix noun:

• angle
• square (or cube)
• bishop - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 角行【かくぎょう】
• third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) ➜ 五音
• Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 角宿・二十八宿【にじゅうはっしゅく】・蒼竜【そうりょう】
• jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan) ➜ 元【げん】

noun:

• young men who are not competitive as in the traditional male stereotype, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented ➜ 草食男子【そうしょくだんし】

noun:

• the sum of the length, width, and height of a package; length + width + height