noun:

• hand-clapping performed to celebrate the conclusion or completion of something (3-3-3-1 rhythm, done once)
• single clap after a cheer

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to decide on
• to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to catch (e.g. insects)
• to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample)
• to assume (an attitude)
• to take on (workers, students); to employ; to hire
• to draw in (e.g. water); to let in (e.g. light from a window)

noun / ~する noun:

• call; summons; paging; curtain call ➜ 呼び出す【よびだす】

noun:

• usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc. - Sumo term
• telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached - abbreviation ➜ 呼び出し電話
• box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse) - archaism ➜ 陸湯
• high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period) - archaism
• unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period) - archaism

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - proverb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put clothes on (someone)
• to plate; to gild; to veneer
• to accuse (of some crime); to give (a bad name)

noun:

• opening; start; launch
• opening credits; title sequence - abbreviation ➜ ＯＰ【オーピー】
• theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ ＯＰ【オーピー】

noun / ~する noun:

• pressing one's hands together in prayer

noun:

• triangular frame of a thatched roof

expression:

• Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours - at the end of Buddhist correspondence ➜ 敬具

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)

noun:

• hairstyle introduced in the Meiji era consisting in a bun or chignon tied at the back of the head

noun:

• gift for close relatives or friends (given on the occasion of a family celebration)
• family celebration; private celebration

noun:

• style or construction of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.) ［もんがまえ］
• kanji "gate" radical (radical 169) - as in 閭

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of
• to cause to fall; to make decline

noun:

• part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the meaning (as opposed to the pronunciation) ➜ 音符

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame)
• to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to elaborate; to work out
• to train; to drill; to exercise
• to gloss (silk); to soften; to degum ［練る］
• to tan (leather)
• to temper (steel) - also written as 錬る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to walk in procession; to parade; to march - also written as 邌る

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to munch; to crunch
• to dabble in; to have a smattering of

noun / ~する noun:

• blink (of eyes); wink
• twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light) ［またたき・まだたき］

noun:

• blessings of heaven; favour of emperor; favor of emperor; divination's luckiest day; blessings of nature

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve

noun:

• pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes); course (e.g. of stones) - esp. 重ね

counter:

• counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.) - esp. 重ね; used after a word from the "hito-futa-mi" counting system

noun:

• layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat - esp. 襲
• combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours) - esp. 襲 - abbreviation ➜ かさねの色目【かさねのいろめ】

noun:

• (of the) genre painting style; (of the) style of painting that depicts people's customs and manners; (of the) type of painting that denotes the life of ordinary people - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fill in a hole; to plug up a hole; to fill in for a vacancy

noun / ~する noun:

• control (of a machine, device, etc.)
• control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management; suppression; keeping in check

noun:

• visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support - four character idiom

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change clothes (on someone else, e.g. child, doll); to change the wallpaper or skin (of a smart phone, etc.)