noun:

• square framing (in a house, temple, screen, etc.)

expression / adjective:

• being dealt a bad hand (in mahjong, card games, etc.) - idiom
• poor (handwriting) - idiom
• unscrupulous - idiom

noun:

• national of a third country
• foreigner (esp. Chinese and Korean) resident in Japan - sensitive

noun:

• solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)

noun:

• blind official who specialized as a musician, masseur or acupuncturist (abolished in 1871) - archaism

noun:

• (one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• initial; first

ichidan verb:

• to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

noun / ~する noun:

• bathing; washing one's body or hair; ablution
• receiving a blessing; receiving an honor

noun:

• comedian who plays a lover's part; man who is both handsome and fun - halfway between 二枚目 and 三枚目 - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• mountain god ［やまのかみ］
• one's wife (esp. a nagging wife) ［やまのかみ］ - humorous term
• roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus) - usually written using kana alone

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby)

noun:

• Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations)
• nickname
• section of a village

noun:

• traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets ➜ 羽織
• livery coat ➜ 印半纏
• half the sky ［半天］
• mid-air; middle of the sky ［半天］

expression:

• small bag and young woman [literal]
• like a small bag seems to be able to contain few items yet can be stuffed with many, a young woman seems inexpensive to bring up yet can end up costing a lot
• a young woman and a small bag are both fragile and great care must be taken with both of them

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
• to remove; to exclude; to take away ［除ける］
• to set aside; to keep apart ［のける］
• to remove (someone) from the group; to shun ［のける］

ichidan verb / auxiliary verb:

• to do well despite difficulties; to accomplish despite adversity ［のける］ - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone
• to do resolutely; to do boldly ［のける］ - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• spring sludge; spring mud (caused by the melting of the snow); (muddy) slush

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil
• to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to be in a ferment; to take place energetically
• to ferment
• to melt (of metal)

noun / ~の noun:

• single ➜ ダブル
• single bed; hotel room with a single bed - abbreviation ➜ シングルベッド
• single-breasted
• single-cuffed
• single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters) - abbreviation ➜ シングル幅
• singles (e.g. in tennis) - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ シングルス

noun:

• single - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ シングルヒット
• single-figure handicap (in golf) - Sports term ➜ シングルプレーヤー
• shingle

noun:

• soldiers of the ritsuryo system that guarded gates of the imperial palace, the court, etc.
• term used in error to refer to young men that were made to do forced labour in the ritsuryo system
• guards originally stationed at the grand shrine at Ise and shrine at Atsuta, Nagoya to protect the officials there

noun:

• drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation

noun:

• JP Bank (former Postal Savings Bank, created when the Postal Services were privatized)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to exceed the budget; to overrun the budget - idiom
• to have a secret revealed - idiom

godan ~る verb:

• to move around

noun:

• move; way to play