noun:

• the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street")
• street; district; quarters
• location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
• divide (e.g. between life and death)
• fork (in a road); crossroads - orig. meaning

noun:

• lapis lazuli
• lapis lazuli (color) - abbreviation ➜ 瑠璃色
• beryl - abbreviation ➜ 吠瑠璃
• mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail) - abbreviation ➜ 小瑠璃・大瑠璃・瑠璃鶲
• glass - obscure term

noun:

• drawer
• withdrawal (of money from an account) - not 抽斗,抽匣
• variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu - not 抽斗,抽匣

noun:

• expert; learned person
• doctor; PhD; Dr. - colloquialism ➜ 博士【はくし】
• instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period)
• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 墨譜

noun:

• end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin
• beginning; start; first
• odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least

noun / suffix noun:

• lesson
• section (in an organization); division; department

counter:

• counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to eat - male language
• to live; to make a living; to survive
• to bite; to sting (as insects do)
• to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
• to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
• to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
• to consume time and-or resources
• to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event) - colloquialism
• to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time - male language - vulgar

noun:

• famous place
• name of a part (of an instrument, etc.) ［などころ］
• name and address ［などころ］

noun / ~する noun:

• digestion (of food)
• digestion (of information); assimilation; thorough understanding
• consumption; absorption; using up; meeting (e.g. a quota); completion
• losing one's form and turning into something else - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• idea; notion; concept; conception
• sense (e.g. of duty)

noun / ~する noun:

• resignation; preparedness; acceptance
• observation and contemplation; meditation - Buddhism term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to roll
• to turn over; to tip over; to throw down
• to leave
• to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

noun / prefix:

• rag; scrap; tattered clothes
• fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect

adjectival noun:

• run-down; shabby; junky

noun / suffix noun:

• storey; story; floor

noun:

• stairs ➜ 階【きざはし】

noun / suffix noun:

• stage (in chronostratigraphy)

counter:

• counter for storeys and floors of a building

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into
• to disguise oneself as
• to change radically; to metamorphose
• to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• close examination; careful selection; testing; scrutiny
• examination of criminal charges
• reciting and appreciating traditional poetry - orig. meaning - archaism

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to deduct; to take away; to dock
• to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to ebb and flow

noun / suffix noun:

• seat; place; position
• status
• gathering; group
• stand; pedestal; platform
• (historical) trade guild

suffix:

• attaches to the names of theatres, theatrical troupes, and constellations

suffix / counter:

• counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs ➜ 里神楽

noun / ~する noun:

• intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion
• absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); assimilation
• reception and protection - Buddhism term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to
• to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose
• to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips - Sumo term

godan ~む verb:

• to conceive; to become pregnant

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with
• to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.); to involve (e.g. risk)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be swollen and ripe (of a plant ear, head, sprout, etc.)

~の noun / noun:

• best; extra-fine; superfine; unequalled

adverbial noun:

• exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far

noun:

• jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy) - orig. meaning

noun:

• fate; destiny
• connection; tie; bond; origin
• pretext; justification
• hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things) - Buddhism term

noun:

• bright light
• hope; bright future
• light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion - Buddhism term

noun:

• electric shock

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• blitz; lightning attack

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• sudden and without warning; shocking

noun / suffix noun:

• kneading; gloss; tempering

noun or verb acting prenominally / noun:

• paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste)

noun:

• parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals - orig. 邌り, usu. お練り - Shintō term ➜ 練り歩く【ねりあるく】・お練り【おねり】