noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot ➜ 徒侍
• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period) ➜ 徒士組【かちぐみ】

noun:

• desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; underlay
• being pinned under; being caught under; being trapped under; being buried under; being crushed beneath
• model; pattern - often as 〜を下敷きにして

ichidan verb:

• to carry on; to go on with one's life
• to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive

expression:

• when about to go back
• on the way back; on the way home

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to go on a trip with someone; to accompany on a trip - often ...と行を共に...

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in

noun:

• decoration hung on the New Year's pine on New Year's eve

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish
• to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to hit; to strike; to smash; to hammer in; to drive in
• to throw; to toss; to cast
• to mix
• to wear (sword, etc.); to carry

noun:

• someone whose kanji-writing ability has suffered due to overreliance on the kana-to-kanji conversion systems used to input Japanese text on a computer - IT term

noun:

• mirror-shaped mochi, usu. a pair stacked in order of size with a daidai on top, used as a New Year offering, then cut and eaten on January 11.

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to attend on; to wait upon; to accompany; to escort and wait on; to chaperone

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon

noun:

• (one's) view on work; (one's) opinion on work-life balance

noun:

• Murakumo no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia) - obscure term ➜ 天叢雲剣

noun:

• pouring hot water on oneself before entering the bathtub; hot water poured on oneself before entering the bathtub
• pouring hot water on oneself repeatedly (type of hot-spring cure)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to set one's sights on; to take aim (at); to have one's mind on

noun:

• plan which is shown on the left; left-most plan; map on the left (chart, graph) ➜ 右図

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to shine ➜ 射す
• to be visible
• to be tinged with
• to rise (of water levels); to flow in
• to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one ➜ 気が差す・魔が差す

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hold up (an umbrella, etc.); to put up; to raise
• to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance) ➜ 指す
• to insert; to put in ➜ 挿す
• to wear (a sword) in one's belt; to wear at one's side; to carry under one's arm ➜ 挿す
• to insert one's arm under an opponent's arm - Sumo term
• to pole (a boat) ➜ 刺す
• to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks) ➜ 注す
• to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye
• to light (a fire); to burn
• to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten ➜ 鎖す【さす】

suffix / godan ~す verb:

• to stop in the midst of; to leave undone - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 止す【さす】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; to cross a dangerous bridge [literal]

noun:

• Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
• trap door located on the walkway in a kabuki theatre ［すっぽん］
• bilge pump (used on traditional Japanese ships) ［すっぽん］

noun:

• tattoo (esp. a tattoo of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo ➜ 倶利迦羅

noun:

• well up in both literary and military (martial) arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on

noun:

• thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap
• re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable) - orig. meaning