noun / ~の noun:

• base (e.g. of a triangle) ［底辺］ - Mathematics term
• low class; low in social standing; low level; of poor reputation

noun:

• base (e.g. of support); foundation; basis

noun:

• head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school

noun:

• representative of a board of directors; spokesperson for a board of directors

noun:

• community life; local life; regional life
• integration in the community; living in the local community (social work)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to follow; to pursue; to chase; to run after
• to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one
• to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

noun / suffix noun:

• degree; extent; amount; balance; state; condition

noun:

• (health) condition; state of health

noun / ~する noun:

• adjustment; moderation; regulation
• addition and subtraction

suffix noun:

• slight sign of ...; slight state of ...
• just right for ...

noun:

• lucky-number request (the person who is the Nth visitor to a web site gets to make a request, e.g. for a custom drawing, where N is a special number like 10000) - from キリ番 and リクエスト - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ キリ番・リクエスト

noun:

• approximate age; apparent age ➜ 年の頃

noun / ~の noun:

• marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age of adulthood

noun:

• appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...) - after modifying phrase

noun / adverbial noun:

• past few years; for some years - archaism ➜ 年来

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to draw back; to sink; to cave in
• to be set back (e.g. from a road)
• to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it

noun:

• winning without fighting; method used to win without fighting - four character idiom
• one's own way of doing things (i.e. as different from that of one's instructor)
• Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu) - colloquialism ➜ 新当流

noun:

• thing; matter
• incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
• circumstances; situation; state of affairs
• work; business; affair
• after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to

suffix noun:

• nominalizing suffix ➜ 事【ごと】
• pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... ➜ 事【ごと】

noun / suffix noun:

• alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as - esp. as ＡことＢ or ＡとはＢのことだ (Ａ alias, Ｂ formal)

noun:

• arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.
• otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish) - orig. meaning

noun:

• pulse
• vein
• chain (of mountains, etc.)
• hope
• thread (of an argument)

noun:

• ridge (of roof) - often むな as a prefix
• back of a sword ➜ 刀背

suffix / counter:

• counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

noun:

• deck cargo; upper layer of goods

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• extra

~する noun:

• to pile on top of

noun:

• agency; commission; distributor; intermediation ➜ 取り次ぐ【とりつぐ】
• reception (of guests) ➜ 取り次ぐ
• conveyance (of messages) ➜ 取り次ぐ

noun:

• notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.)
• wording; choice of language; phraseology

noun:

• congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties - four character idiom

noun:

• use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)

noun:

• copy of an original manuscript, picture, piece of calligraphy, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• horizontal shaking (of an earthquake) ➜ 縦揺れ
• rolling (of a boat, aircraft, etc.); swaying

noun / ~する noun:

• transferral of a sacred object from its place of enshrinement; imperial procession

noun:

• feeling of fullness; ability of a food to fill you up

noun:

• engaging or meshing (of gears)
• occlusion (of teeth)

noun:

• roots of herbs and barks of trees used in Chinese medicine - four character idiom