noun:

• carpenter's square (for checking angles)
• common shaku (unit of distance; approx. 30.3 cm)

noun:

• having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery
• habitual movement of one's hands
• marks from being handled often

noun:

• the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha) - Buddhism term ➜ 易行道

noun:

• deceptive advertising; misleading advertisement (presenting one's product as being better or cheaper than it really is)

noun:

• player put on starting list to be replaced by another when the opponent's pitcher is known

noun / ~する noun:

• biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• killing oneself by jumping (e.g. from a tall building); plunging to one's death

noun:

• Newton's rings (interference pattern seen when a convex lens is placed on another surface)

noun:

• Hanlon's razor ("Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity") - obscure term ➜ オッカムの剃刀

noun:

• letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing

noun:

• broad-rimmed topless cap worn (esp. by young children) to prevent shampoo getting into one's eyes - trademark of Pip Co., Ltd. - From English "shampoo hat"

noun:

• novel about one's education, spiritual growth, etc,; coming-of-age story; Bildungsroman - From German ➜ 教養小説【きょうようしょうせつ】

godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach ➜ 来る【くる】
• to proceed; to take place - い sometimes omitted in auxiliary use ➜ 旨く行く
• to pass through; to come and go
• to walk
• to die; to pass away ［逝く］
• to do (in a specific way)
• to stream; to flow

auxiliary verb:

• to continue

godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to have an orgasm; to come; to cum - usually written using kana alone
• to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination - usually written using kana alone - slang

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to decide on
• to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to catch (e.g. insects)
• to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample)
• to assume (an attitude)
• to take on (workers, students); to employ; to hire
• to draw in (e.g. water); to let in (e.g. light from a window)

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life - four character idiom ➜ 一所懸命

noun:

• pair of compasses; compass (for drawing circles, etc.) - From Dutch
• (mariner's) compass
• legs; step; gait

noun:

• weight
• weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; grandeur; dignity
• importance; significance

noun / ~する noun:

• percussion; tapping; examining by percussion - Medicine term
• sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)

noun / ~する noun:

• opening; aperture (e.g. camera)
• opening one's mouth; beginning to speak

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• open; broad

noun / ~する noun:

• mass for the dead; Buddhist service held on the anniversary of someone's death

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on

noun:

• captive; prisoner
• victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start - four character idiom

noun:

• futon or cloth attached to the kotatsu's frame; cover for kotatsu

noun:

• (one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• initial; first