expression / ichidan verb:

• to pave the way; to put in motion; to put on the road (to)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step ➜ 歩調を揃える

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be eaten; to be bitten (e.g. by bugs) ➜ 食う
• to be outdone; to be upstaged

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around

particle:

• by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.) ➜ からして・として・にして・為る
• indicates patient of a causative expression - as 〜をして in modern Japanese
• acts as a connective - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
• adds emphasis - after an adverb or a particle

conjunction:

• and then ➜ そして

noun:

• on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play
• shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage

expression:

• what chances to one man may happen to all; what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone - proverb

godan ある verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to come; to go; to be (somewhere) - sometimes erroneously written 居らっしゃる - honorific language

godan ある verb (spec.) / auxiliary verb:

• to be (doing) - after a -te form, or the particle "de" - honorific language

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to rain; to begin to snow

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be reluctant to answer; to hesitate to answer

ichidan verb:

• to forget to say; to forget to mention

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be brought to mind; to come to mind ➜ 偲ぶ

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to wither; to begin to dry out

expression / ichidan verb:

• to go to heaven; to be called to heaven

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to suck on; to cling to; to chew on

noun:

• side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley

adverb / ~と adverb:

• creaking; squeaking - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / adjectival noun:

• packing in tightly; cramming; squeezing - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly; with force - onomatopoeia

adverb / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• going hard (on someone); tormenting (e.g. with questions) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• smack in the middle; perfect strike; bull's eye - colloquialism ➜ ど・ストライク

adjectival noun:

• perfect (for something or someone); just right; just the way one likes it - colloquialism

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; in a dither; in a panic; all shook up; helplessly - onomatopoeia
• sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice) - onomatopoeia

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up

noun / ~の noun:

• class-A; A class; A grade

noun:

• viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window - usu. as 窓越しに

noun:

• chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox) - obscure term ➜ 宇賀神