noun:

• rod; pole
• neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen - esp. 棹
• beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)
• single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)
• penis - slang

counter:

• counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. youkan)

noun:

• backwash; rip current; undertow ➜ 寄せ波
• stern wave
• drawback (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave trough reaches land before a crest) ➜ 押し波

expression:

• all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; a hundred harms and not a single gain [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• relocation of a shrine; transfer of an object of worship

noun:

• pawn (chess piece) ［ポーン］

~と adverb:

• boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); plonk (e.g. sound of hitting a tennis ball); crack (e.g. sound of ice cracking underfoot) - onomatopoeia
• flipping through the air; tossing - onomatopoeia

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of

noun:

• sound of flapping wings (of a bird)
• buzz; hum (of an insect)

noun:

• eldest son - archaism ➜ 長男
• older brother; older sister - archaism
• older person - archaism
• head of a clan; head of a region - archaism ➜ 氏上
• skilled craftsman - archaism

noun:

• subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; testee ［被験者］
• examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)

noun:

• celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth)
• gift at the birth of a child; baby gift

noun / ~する noun:

• setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business ➜ サラ

noun:

• marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens) ［マーガレット］
• Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be hit; to strike Antonym: 外す
• to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed
• to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to apply to
• to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
• to be selected (in a lottery, etc.); to win
• to be successful; to go well; to be a hit
• to face; to confront
• to lie (in the direction of)
• to undertake; to be assigned
• to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.); to be afflicted
• to be called upon (by the teacher)
• to treat (esp. harshly); to lash out at
• to be unnecessary - as 〜するには当たらない, etc.
• to be hitting well; to be on a hitting streak - usu. as 当たっている - Baseball term
• (in fishing) to feel a bite
• (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised; to spoil

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to feel (something) out; to probe into; to check (i.e. by comparison)
• to shave
• to be a relative of a person; to stand in a relationship - as 〜の〜に当たる

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase
• to buy up (all of something)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)

noun:

• being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reception (e.g. of a radio station)
• reputation; renown; fame; hearsay
• impression (that something gives off); respectability
• sonority - Linguistics term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business) - idiom ➜ 閑古鳥

noun:

• revised edition (of a book or manuscript); authoritative edition; standard edition; edition incorporating many changes and corrections
• final version of a book as edited by the author; revised edition of a book as edited by the author

noun:

• flake; lamella (of bone); foil (of metal); flat, thin slice of a material

noun:

• master; head of household; man of the house; principal supporter of a temple

suffix:

• (some type of) enthusiast
• somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality

noun:

• huge amount of material (worth reading); richness of content (of a book)

noun:

• fold; pleat; gathers; tuck
• folds (e.g of a mountain); crease
• (hidden) detail; nuance; shade; wrinkle (e.g. in logic)
• lamella; gill (of a mushroom)

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a roaring sound (of water or wind); sound of feet stamping on the ground - onomatopoeia

interjection:

• whoa! (command used to stop or quieten down a horse, etc.) ➜ どう

noun:

• symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship)

prefix noun:

• certain; unnamed; undisclosed; unidentified