noun / prefix / suffix:

• medium; average; middle

noun:

• moderation
• middle school - abbreviation ➜ 中一・中学校
• China - abbreviation ➜ 中国
• volume two (of three) - abbreviation ➜ 中巻

suffix noun:

• during (a certain time when one did or is doing something); under (construction, etc.); while ➜ 話し中
• in; out of (e.g. three out of ten people) ➜ 中【じゅう】

noun:

• crevice; crack; gap; opening; clearance
• spare moment; interval; break; pause; spare time
• chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness; carelessness

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be tied together; to be connected to; to be linked to
• to lead to; to be related to
• to be related (by blood) ➜ 血がつながる【ちがつながる】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink
• to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle
• to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs); to duck (one's head)

noun:

• (being in) the red; deficit Antonym: 黒字
• red letter; red writing
• corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

noun / suffix noun:

• angle
• square (or cube)
• bishop - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 角行【かくぎょう】
• third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) ➜ 五音
• Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 角宿・二十八宿【にじゅうはっしゅく】・蒼竜【そうりょう】
• jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan) ➜ 元【げん】

noun / suffix noun:

• room
• wife (of someone of high rank) - obscure term
• scabbard - obscure term
• Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to blame; to reproach; to censure; to rebuke; to reprove; to find fault; to take to task; to criticize; to criticise
• to question (a suspect); to challenge

ichidan verb:

• to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated; to get inflamed

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to prick (one's conscience) ➜ 気が咎める

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing; to sway
• to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to shock; to upset
• to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch) - Baseball term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to clear; to make clear
• to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to feign indifference
• to look demure; to look prim; to put on airs
• to strain (one's ears); to listen carefully ➜ 耳を澄ます【みみをすます】

noun:

• Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles
• neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes) ➜ 郷里制・国郡里制
• unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m) ➜ 条里制

noun / ~する noun:

• softening Antonym: 硬化
• softening (of attitude); mollification Antonym: 硬化
• weakening (of the market) Antonym: 硬化
• blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe
• to govern; to manage; to control; to administer
• to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands) ［つかねる］

noun:

• centre of gravity (center)
• centroid; barycenter
• (one's) balance

pronoun:

• we; us
• I; me - archaism
• you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors) - archaism

noun:

• to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres
• square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ➜ 枡形
• Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• thundering; purring; grumbling (e.g. stomach) - onomatopoeia
• something large and heavy starting to roll - onomatopoeia
• scattered about; common; commonplace; all over - onomatopoeia
• idleness; idling about - onomatopoeia
• having a foreign substance in (e.g. one's eye or stomach) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• thunder - children's language - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• drag

noun:

• drug; medicine
• (illegal) drug; narcotics

~する noun:

• to highlight (e.g. by click-dragging a cursor over text) - IT term

noun:

• prajna; wisdom required to attain enlightenment - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "prajñā"
• noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy) ➜ 般若面【はんにゃめん】
• family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask
• dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression - abbreviation ➜ 般若面【はんにゃづら】

noun:

• wooden horse; rocking horse
• vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics ➜ 跳馬
• the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)

noun:

• myself; oneself

pronoun:

• I; me - archaism
• you (referring to one's inferior) - archaism - familiar language

noun:

• leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.) - Sumo, Martial Arts term
• foothold; pedal

adverbial noun:

• nearly (used to estimate a period of time by rounding up incomplete units) ➜ 丸【まる】

noun:

• resin
• (tobacco) resin; tar; nicotine
• sleep (in one's eyes, i.e. eye mucus)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall apart; to collapse; to become useless
• to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out
• to fall apart (one's body or health) - archaism

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to have an audience; to meet; to see - humble language
• to face (an enemy); to confront
• to serve (esp. as one's wife)