expression / godan ~る verb:

• to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to move; to put elsewhere - Kantō dialect
• to tidy; to put in order

godan ~く verb:

• to peek; to peek into - archaism ➜ 覗く
• to stop by; to visit - archaism ➜ 立ち寄る

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to expel; to eject; to push out; to force out

ichidan verb:

• to like too much; to like to excess; to adore

adverb / ~と adverb:

• snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと
• (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be equal to the task; to be up to the job; to be capable of filling the post

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put on track; to make go to plan ➜ 軌道に乗る
• to put into orbit; to send into orbit

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be knocked about; to be tossed about; to be jostled
• to experience hardships; to be sorely tried

expression / noun:

• backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; the far-off bark of a retreating dog [literal] - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)

noun:

• debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual) Antonym: 債権

noun / ~する noun:

• indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people)

~の noun:

• native; indigenous; aboriginal

expression / noun:

• book of (trade) secrets; secrets
• crib notes; key (to a diagram); pony

noun:

• adding more tea; adding fresh leaves to used ones in a teapot

expression:

• preaching to the deaf; reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear [literal] - idiom ➜ 念仏

noun:

• feeling of fullness; ability of a food to fill you up

noun:

• industrial union (one relating to a specific industry or occupation); vertical union ➜ 職業別組合

noun:

• enforcement regulations; misterial ordinance; regulations relative to the application of a law

noun:

• person who makes unreasonable complaints to a company; incessant complainer; chronic complainer - From English "claimer"

noun:

• heart-to-heart communication; thought transference; holding a flower and subtly smiling [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• particle that attaches to a phrase and acts on the whole phrase - e.g. the の of のです ➜ のです

expression / adjective:

• trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal ➜ 大した事ない

noun:

• driving school qualifying test (can lead to waiver of a formal test)