godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to desire; to wish; to hope
• to beg; to request; to implore; to pray

auxiliary verb:

• to have something done for oneself

conjunction:

• and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to draw near; to draw closer
• to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

noun / ~する noun:

• tub bath; bathing in the open air; bathing or cleaning oneself
• cleaning oneself for religious purification

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.)
• to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)

noun:

• contact information (for inquiries) (e.g. corporate phone number)
• reference (e.g. personal reference)

conjunction:

• and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that ➜ それなのに

expression / ~の noun:

• distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; special to

expression:

• but; except; without; but for - usu. accompanied by a verb in negative form

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse for doing something

noun:

• drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice ➜ 稲掛け

noun:

• male chorus; male-voice choir; chorus for male voices

noun:

• sash roller; door roller; roller for a sliding door

noun:

• chalice (for Holy Communion)
• Holy Chalice; Holy Grail

upper nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for - archaism ➜ 侘びる

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to shorten; to move closer together

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to reduce (spending); to conserve

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to focus intently on; to strain oneself to do - usu. as 根を詰める ➜ 根を詰める

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work out (details)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be on duty; to be stationed

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate
• to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.) - the meaning "to catch one's finger" is predominantly used in Kansai ➜ 指を詰める

suffix / ichidan verb:

• to continue ...; to keep doing ... without a break
• to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly
• to force someone into a difficult situation by ...

noun:

• Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back) - archaism

noun:

• weather; climatic conditions
• fine weather; clear day
• situation; state of affairs
• sea conditions; good day for sailing

noun / ~する noun:

• looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to

expression:

• sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams) - four character idiom

noun:

• temporary employment; a temporary job while looking for a better job; work just to kill time - four character idiom

noun:

• (animal) feed tray; feed trough; feed box; feed bowl; bait box (e.g. for fishing)

noun:

• alternative name; alternate name
• assumed name of a customer in a brothel (for anonymity)
• stage name

expression:

• buy nice or buy twice; you get what you pay for; cheap goods are (ultimately) expensive goods [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position

noun / ~する noun:

• responding to a call-up for military service; answering a call-up - Military term