expression / ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to carry out a role ➜ 役割を演じる【やくわりをえんじる】

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to close a position - Finance term ➜ 手仕舞い【てじまい】

yodan ~る verb (archaic):

• to die (for a nobleman) - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to correct (a typo, etc.) ➜ 正す

expression / ichidan verb:

• to set a trap

noun:

• someone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu snail - pun on かたつむり - colloquialism ➜ こたつ

noun:

• gist of what someone else said
• purpose of a visit ➜ 来意

noun / ~する noun:

• holding a castle (during a siege); holing up
• confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

noun:

• pleasures of a pious life - Buddhism term
• entertainment for or dedicated to a deity or Buddha
• pastime; entertainment; amusement; pleasure
• free admission

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to keep one's wit about one; to be on one's guard; to be wary; to keep on one's toes - idiom ➜ 眉に唾をつける

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

noun / ~する noun:

• getting angry (with someone who is angry with oneself); snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong) - slang ➜ キレる

noun / ~する noun:

• appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; request
• appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; allure
• appeal (e.g. in baseball) - Sports term
• emphasizing (strong points, etc.); showing off; touting; calling attention to; playing up; using as a selling point; pitch

noun:

• right to keep silent; right to silence; right to remain silent

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be too much; to be too good to be true

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be very shrewd; to be highly intelligent; to be very smart - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be evasive; to be not entirely truthful; to not be frank - idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pay; to pay out; to pay over

godan ~く verb:

• to be stressed; to be fussy; to be restless ➜ こせこせ

noun:

• children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base
• taking a place; securing a position

noun:

• division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner

noun:

• Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)

noun:

• (short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house
• reputation (of a store); good name; credit
• goodwill - Business term