noun:

• old-fashioned boys' hairstyle
• Meiji period women's hairstyle
• type of dance in kabuki ［揚げ巻・揚巻］
• knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color) ［揚げ巻・揚巻］ - Sumo term
• constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam - abbreviation ➜ 揚巻貝

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:

• young adult still living at home; dependent ➜ 部屋住み
• female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period) ➜ 部屋方
• freeloader living in a samurai's house
• young kabuki actor in service of a master (Edo period)

noun:

• bonze; monk
• monk's dwelling ［ぼう］
• boy; sonny - vocative
• I; me ［ぼう］ - used by male children

suffix:

• little ［ぼう］ - after name; familiar form of address - familiar language
• person who is ... ［ぼう］ - often preceded by ん

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to bite at; to snap at; to nibble ➜ 食らいつく
• to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into ➜ 食らいつく
• to hold on to; to cling to; to stick to
• to complain; to bicker

noun:

• seal; stamp - archaism
• depressing the string of a zither with one's left hand
• (in archery) left hand ➜ 引き手【ひきで】
• obstinacy; stubbornness

noun:

• appearance; look; countenance
• a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune ➜ 女難の相
• aspect - Linguistics term
• phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous) - Physics term

noun:

• the empress, the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager ➜ 三后
• emperor's second consort
• empress; palace of the empress
• building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground
• demesne of the imperial palace ➜ 皇居

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to collapse; to crumble
• to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to become disorganized; to become untidy
• to break down; to be thrown into disarray
• to crash (stock market); to slump; to decline
• to break money into small change
• to turn bad (e.g. weather); to change for the worse; to deteriorate

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a whack; with a thump - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; gaping; flabbergasted - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• vacantly; blankly; absentmindedly - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• gaping (of a hole, etc.); suddenly opening - onomatopoeia

noun / ~の noun:

• the past; bygone days; the previous
• a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past
• past (tense); preterit; preterite - Linguistics term
• previous life - Buddhism term

noun:

• fall; decline; lowering; hanging down; drooping; slanting (downward) Antonym: 上がり
• string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt - Sumo term
• food offering to the gods; leftovers; hand-me-downs - usu. as お下がり ➜ お下がり
• leaving (one's master's place for home)

suffix noun / noun:

• a little after ...

adverb / ~する noun:

• flaring up; burning hotly; suddenly becoming bright - onomatopoeia
• flying into a rage; losing one's cool - onomatopoeia
• opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth) - onomatopoeia
• acting resolutely - onomatopoeia - archaism

interjection:

• eh?; what?; oh?
• yes; that's correct ➜ はい

particle:

• strengthens a question, assertion, etc. - at sentence end - archaism ➜ かえ・ぞえ・わえ
• used when calling out to someone - after a noun, etc. - archaism

noun:

• taking something out; carrying out
• providing money oneself; paying with one's own money
• corbel - Architecture term
• strengthening under a seam (clothing)

noun:

• groundwork; preparation
• walking practice; strengthening one's legs
• leg hold (wrestling, judo, etc.)
• wooden beam that joins underfloor pillars

noun / ~する noun:

• running errands; going on errands
• (transaction of) business; going about one's business
• doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
• purveying; purveyor - esp. 用達 ➜ 御用達

noun:

• type; kind; sort; style
• type (of person); (ideal) type; one's type
• typewriter - abbreviation ➜ タイプライター

noun / ~する noun:

• typing

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope)
• to become less tense; to relax; to let one's guard down
• to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax
• to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression); (of ice) to partially melt
• to decrease (e.g. speed)
• (of a market price) to go down slightly

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to comply with; to live up to ➜ 沿う
• to accompany; to go with; to stay by one's side
• to associate with (someone); to mix with
• to marry; to wed - esp. 添う
• to be added - esp. 添う

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to incline; to lean; to tip; to tilt; to slant; to bend; to list
• to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to pour one's energy into
• to ruin; to squander; to empty
• to drink (alcohol)

noun:

• hard-liners; diehards; hawks

noun / adjectival noun:

• (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; man's man

noun:

• hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs

noun / adjectival noun:

• strait-laced type (with respect to relationships)

noun:

• bullish traders

noun:

• conduct; behaviour
• movements; gesture; one's carriage
• performance (on stage, etc.); dance; acting
• dance (in kabuki); dance play - abbreviation ➜ 所作事

noun:

• colour; color; hue; tint; tinge; shade
• complexion; skin colour; skin color
• look (on one's face); expression
• appearance; air; feeling
• personality; character
• tone (of one's voice, etc.); tune; sound; ring
• love; lust; sensuality; love affair ➜ 色仕掛け
• lover; paramour
• beauty; sexiness; physical appeal
• kind; type; variety - also written 種

pronoun:

• this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) ➜ 何れ・其れ・彼【あれ】
• this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) - humble language
• now
• here - archaism
• I (me) - archaism
• certainly - archaism