noun / ~する noun:

• settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation

noun / adjectival noun:

• composure; calmness

expression / adjective:

• not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)

noun:

• grilled balls of stuffed intestine (esp. at food stalls or yakiniku restaurants) ➜ 白【しろ】・ころころ

noun:

• senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer - slang ➜ 先輩【せんぱい】

noun:

• compartment in a fishing boat with seawater for reviving or keeping alive fresh fish or bait

noun:

• first day (in the year) that a particular species of bird or insect, etc. sing or chirp ➜ 終鳴日

noun:

• last day (in the year) that a particular species of bird or insect, etc. sing or chirp ➜ 初鳴日

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to
• to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet
• to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to make a short visit
• to grow old; to grow high (number, etc.) ➜ 年が寄る
• to grow (wrinkly) - in the form of しわが寄る
• to lean against; to recline on - also written as 倚る, 凭る
• to push one's opponent while holding their belt - Sumo term
• to decide on a price and come to a deal
• to be swayed by (a person); to yield to - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• operating or carrying on simultaneously

noun:

• salary supplement, e.g. for work performed at inconvenient times or as overtime allowance usually for so-called exempt workers, i.e. workers who are expected to work a certain number of overtime hours ➜ 割増賃金

noun:

• toe-in (alignment of the front wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the front than at the back)

noun:

• boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty)
• variety of sexual position - vulgar

adverb / noun:

• finishing writing, work, etc. at a stroke (stretch); knocking something off without a break - four character idiom

noun:

• large sake cup

noun / ~する noun:

• gulping down a drink; taking a swig at something

noun:

• stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.); sophistication; refinement; class; style

noun:

• determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech - esp. 口裏
• divining good or bad luck from listening to someone - esp. 口占 - archaism

noun:

• carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; taking responsibility for
• bucket carried on either end of a pole - abbreviation ➜ 担い桶

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to look up (at)
• to look up to; to respect; to revere
• to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to turn to (someone) for
• to depend on; to rely on
• to gulp down; to quaff; to drink

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to bite (at); to snap at
• to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

noun / ~する noun:

• pencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to do - honorific language
• to eat; to drink
• to put on; to wear
• to buy
• to ride
• to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one's fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku)

suffix / ichidan verb:

• used to show respect - used after the -masu stem of a verb - archaism - honorific language

noun:

• object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life - Buddhism term

noun:

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

noun:

• gentle on the outside but tough on the inside; an iron hand in a velvet glove - four character idiom

noun:

• pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or a building in a classic aristocratic villa ➜ 寝殿造り・向拝