expression / godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)

noun:

• marks or dots used to emphasize text passage (emphasise)
• marks to facilitate reading of kanbun

noun:

• working on a day off (to make up for lost time, or to make an impression)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle (a matter) for the time being; to complete the first stage (of something)

expression / adjective:

• talkative; loquacious; garrulous; voluble

expression:

• having a large family to support; having too many mouths to feed

noun:

• bringing one's child to the local park to play for the first time

noun:

• kanji used to represent syllables, based on their "on" readings (prior to the advent of kana) ➜ 訓仮名【くんがな】・万葉仮名【まんようがな】

ichidan verb:

• to take a photo with a mobile phone - colloquialism
• to email an image or photograph - colloquialism ➜ 写メ【しゃメ】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be relieved of a worry; to get a load off one's chest

noun:

• precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 伝法灌頂・阿闍梨

expression / ichidan verb:

• (for the taste of something) to become apparent
• (for someone's character) to come out

expression:

• unable to find adequate words (e.g. to express feelings); being at a loss for words

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to sell out before the price falls (usu. shares); to sell at a profit

noun:

• peasants chosen to carry the payment of a tax (in kind) to the capital (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun:

• bedding; bed - archaism ➜ 枕席

noun / ~する noun:

• to sleep together in the same bed - archaism
• to sleep together using each other's bodies as pillow - archaism
• to sleep together using books as a pillow - archaism

interjection:

• your pardon; sorry; no thanks

noun:

• not wanting; objecting to; being fed up with; wishing to avoid - usu. 〜はごめんだ
• permission; leave; dismissal; discharge

noun:

• niche or alcove for an image
• (in Okinawa) portable shrine used to move a deceased from their house to the graveyard

noun:

• loneliness; desolation

~たる adjective / ~と adverb / ~の noun:

• lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted
• harsh (words); cutting (criticism)

~する noun:

• to separate in thought; to consider as independent

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears

noun:

• counting "stars" to tally the score to date; how well something has gone (e.g. in terms of wins over losses) - Sumo term

noun:

• critical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect

noun:

• system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith

noun:

• system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith ➜ 寺請制度

noun:

• the vertical; height
• front-to-back; length
• north-to-south

noun / ~の noun:

• vertical (relationship); hierarchy

noun:

• (weaving) warp ➜ 経糸【たていと】

expression / adverb:

• as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly