~する verb (spec.):

• to rise up into the air; to ascend into the sky

noun:

• the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history) ➜ 春秋戦国【しゅんじゅうせんごく】

noun / ~する noun:

• landing; unloading (e.g. a ship) ➜ 陸揚げ

noun:

• catch (of fish); takings ➜ 漁獲量
• sales (of a shop) ➜ 売上高

noun / ~する noun:

• defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
• preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)

noun:

• the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted
• to hit the bottom; to bottom out

noun:

• alveolar consonant; sound (e.g. n,t,d) where the tongue touches (or nearly touches) the ridge behind your front top teeth ➜ 歯茎

noun:

• egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)

pre-noun adjectival:

• the usual; as it always is
• said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); aforementioned; you-know-(who, what, etc.)

adverb:

• in the usual way - archaism

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to disgrace one's ancestors; to tarnish the honour of one's ancestors

noun / suffix noun:

• set (of items) - pronounced ぐみ as a suffix
• group (of people); class (of students); company (esp. construction); family (i.e. mafia); team

noun:

• typesetting; composition

noun:

• format (esp. of publication, e.g. A5, B4, etc.) ［判型］
• size of a sheet of paper used for ukiyoe

noun:

• single crime consisting of multiple independent crimes (i.e. robbery, which consists of theft and threats or use of violence)

godan ~く verb:

• to beat vigorously; to rain strikes upon someone; to tan someone's hide; to mercilessly pummel; to beat the daylights out of

noun / ~する noun:

• cleaning up or covering for another; bearing the consequences of someone else's error; paying a debt for someone; wiping another's buttocks [literal]

noun:

• solar pond (salty pond in which energy from solar energy accumulates in the lower layers, due to lack of convection)

expression:

• many irons in the fire; engaged in two trades at the same time; wearing two hats - idiom

noun:

• sexual position where the man lies flat on his back and the woman sits on top; cowgirl position - vulgar

noun:

• good thing; strong point
• good family; prestigious school
• the right moment

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• utter; extreme

adverbial noun:

• at (the) best; at most

noun:

• Fifteen Years' War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945)

noun:

• the other party (usu. in business); person or party with whom you are dealing (on the other end)

noun / ~する noun:

• not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; falling seven times, getting up eight times [literal] - idiom

noun:

• the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping
• intentional negligence
• tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)

pronoun:

• what

prefix:

• how many ［なん］ - followed by a counter ➜ 何か月
• large number of; many ［なん］ - followed by (optional number), counter and も ➜ 何度も・何日も

noun:

• you-know-what; that

expression:

• whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them

interjection:

• what? - expressing surprise
• hey! - expressing anger or irritability

interjection / noun:

• crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture)
• something worthy of celebration
• giving up ［ばんざい］
• long time - archaism
• eternal life (and prosperity) - archaism

interjection:

• banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray)

noun:

• manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period) ➜ 御用人
• useful person