noun:

• Imperial New Year's Lectures (ceremony in which the emperor and members of the imperial family Their Majesties listen to expert lectures in the fields of human, social and natural sciences)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice

noun:

• first departure (of the day: train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus ➜ 終発
• departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)

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

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to hand over; to transfer; to turn over; to assign; to convey; to bequeath
• to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way
• to yield; to concede; to give ground; to surrender
• to sell
• to postpone; to put off; to defer

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to have the means to buy - idiom
• to be near (a certain age) - idiom

godan ~る verb:

• to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body; to be helpful
• to stand in someone else's shoes ［身になる］
• to care deeply for someone ［身になる］ - archaism

expression:

• sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; to let a large bug live and kill a small one [literal] - proverb

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to act as an agent for; to intermediate
• to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to receive (a guest at reception); to usher in (a guest)
• to convey (a message)

noun:

• heavenly god; heavenly gods - also pronounced てんしん
• spirit of Sugawara no Michizane
• Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit) ➜ 天満宮
• pit of a dried plum; dried plum - colloquialism ➜ 梅干し
• tenjin hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 天神髷
• prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

noun:

• tall chair (e.g. for eating at a counter); bar stool
• high-chair; tall child's chair, often with a tray for food ➜ 子供椅子

expression:

• money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; even in hell, the extent of one's suffering is determined by money [literal] - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of
• to run (between); to operate (between); to connect - of public transport
• to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in
• to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through
• to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout
• to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far
• to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed
• to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted
• to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for
• to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense
• to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood
• to be straight (e.g. wood grain)
• to be well-informed; to be wise - archaism

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly - after the -masu stem of a verb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options
• to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools ➜ 両天秤を掛ける

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera)
• to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.)
• to shift (position); to be slightly off

noun:

• armpit; under one's arm; side; flank
• beside; close to; near; by - also written as 傍, 側
• aside; to the side; away; out of the way
• off-track; off-topic
• deuteragonist; supporting role - usu. written ワキ in Noh
• second verse (in a linked series of poems) - abbreviation ➜ 脇句

noun:

• financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence
• living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take a breather; to take a rest ➜ 一息入れる
• to catch one's breath; to take a breath

noun:

• cutting a person's sidelocks; evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era); ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867) - archaism

pronoun:

• this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) ➜ 何れ・其れ・彼【あれ】
• this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) - humble language
• now
• here - archaism
• I (me) - archaism
• certainly - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors)

noun:

• two teams; two groups
• Red and White singing contest; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK) - abbreviation ➜ 紅白歌合戦【こうはくうたがっせん】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to include (in a group or scope)
• to instruct; to make one understand
• to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication)
• to put in (someone's) mouth
• to permeate with flavor

noun:

• staying the night (of an itinerant priest in Zen buddhism); itinerant priest's lodging - Buddhism term
• providing a room for an itinerant priest so that he may meditate for a long period of time - Buddhism term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of
• to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features)
• to captivate; to move (one's heart)