expression / godan ~る verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be worth the effort; to be worth the trouble

noun:

• empty air; sky
• shunyata; emptiness; the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon - Buddhism term
• air force - abbreviation ➜ 空軍

noun / adjectival noun:

• fruitlessness; meaninglessness
• void (one of the five elements) ➜ 五大

~の noun:

• empty (e.g. set) - Mathematics term

expression:

• family members should fall into line with the head of the family even if his taste is a little odd, like wearing a red eboshi, which is ordinarily black - proverb ➜ 烏帽子

noun:

• place containing a Buddhist image
• place containing a buddha (e.g. the pure land) ➜ 極楽・浄土
• independent workshop of Buddhist sculptors (from the Heian period onward) ➜ 造仏所

noun / adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• end leaves; top leaves; last leaves ［うらば・うれは・すえば］

noun:

• the last descendant; the last days of any age; end; close ［すえば・ばつよう・まつよう］

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have both the looks and the substance; to be a compassionate and just person; to be interesting and instructive - idiom

noun:

• life; life force - sometimes written as 生命 ➜ 生命
• lifetime; lifespan
• most important thing; foundation; core
• paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love) - archaism
• fate; destiny; karma - archaism

suffix noun:

• a little over; a little more than
• powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity

adverb:

• unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain ➜ 頭ごなし

noun:

• sound of the sea; sound of the waves
• sound of massed chanting of sutras, etc. - Buddhism term

noun:

• book of poetry
• The Classic of Poetry and The Classic of History (Chinese texts)

godan ~る verb:

• to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close ➜ なりかける

noun:

• frog (esp. the wrinkled frog or Asian grass frog); toad (esp. the Japanese toad) - colloquialism

noun:

• group of languages (i.e. the Romance languages, considered as a subset of the Italic languages)
• group of words

noun:

• prefectural senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures); public senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures) ➜ 県立高等学校

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to look out on; to overlook; to front onto
• to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to be confronted by
• to deal with (an issue)
• to attend (e.g. a function); to appear (e.g. in court); to be present at; to take part in

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

noun:

• speartooth shark (Glyphis glyphis, species of fresh water requiem shark from the western Pacific known only from the original description of 1839)

~する verb (irregular):

• to do; to carry out; to perform
• to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
• to serve as; to act as; to work as
• to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
• to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as - as 〜にする,〜とする
• to decide on; to choose - as 〜にする

~する verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) - as 〜がする
• to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
• to be worth; to cost
• to pass (of time); to elapse

~する verb (irregular) / transitive:

• to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B - as AをBにする
• to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B - as AをBにする
• to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B - as AをBにする
• to feel A about B - as AをBにする

suffix / ~する verb (irregular):

• verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")

auxiliary verb / ~する verb (irregular):

• creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go") ➜ お願いします・御
• to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to - as 〜うとする,〜ようとする ➜ とする

noun:

• full moon; 15th day of the lunar calendar
• full moon of the eighth lunar month ［もちづき］

noun / adjectival noun:

• the point of an argument being clearly stated; the tenor of an argument being well-reasoned - four character idiom

adverb / noun:

• unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain

noun:

• Institute for the Study of Western Books (Edo period); Institute for the Investigation of Foreign Books

noun:

• upper reaches (of a river); upper stream Antonym: 下【しも】
• top; upper part; upper half (of the body)
• long ago
• beginning; first
• person of high rank (e.g. the emperor) - honorific language ➜ 御上
• government; imperial court
• imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace ➜ 上方【かみがた】
• head (of a table)
• wife; mistress (of a restaurant) - honorific language