ichidan verb / transitive:

• to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically

noun:

• advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint

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

• to criticize; to point out faults; to speak ill of ➜ 難じる

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to criticize; to point out faults; to speak ill of ➜ 難ずる

noun / ~する noun:

• speech; utterance; starting to speak

noun:

• word used to start a sentence - e.g. さて, いざ, それ

expression:

• what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak

interjection:

• (can you) spare a little time (to speak)?; (do you) have a moment (to speak)?

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to talk around something (exp. derived from having something stuck in your back teeth and thus be unable to speak clearly); to imply something in a roundabout way - idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to think (only used to speak of others) - honorific language
• to turn one's attention toward (only used to speak of others); to have feelings for (only used to speak of others)
• to honour the target of one's emotions

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be evasive; to give an evasive answer
• to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate
• to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation
• to make do with

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to forcefully open up a hole (in a wall, etc.)
• to speak frankly, holding nothing back ➜ 打ち明ける【うちあける】
• to throw out (everything inside)

noun / ~する noun:

• opening; aperture (e.g. camera)
• opening one's mouth; beginning to speak

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• open; broad

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
• to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
• to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
• to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances
• to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with
• to download; to copy from a computer to another medium - IT term
• to make someone swoon (judo) - Martial Arts term
• to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
• to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to break off (mid-sentence)
• to speak to; to address

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to rage; to storm (at); to be furious
• to enthuse; to speak passionately; to get worked up; to galvanize

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to make muddy (a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to roil
• to prevaricate; to speak ambiguously ➜ お茶を濁す・茶を濁す・言葉を濁す

suffix:

• far from; anything but; not at all
• let alone; to say nothing of; not to speak of; much less

noun:

• pointed knife
• logging; cutting
• (beef) scraps
• starting to speak
• extraction (of a portion of a media file); splicing out

noun:

• language; dialect ➜ 言語
• word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark ➜ 単語
• speech; (manner of) speaking
• learning to speak; language acquisition

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told - humble language
• to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to visit - humble language
• to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.) - from 御機嫌を伺う

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to be able to say; to get someone to say; to induce someone to say; to let someone speak out

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sing (chant, speak) with a melody or rhythm; to set to music (verse, lyrics, etc.)