noun:

• one sheet; one page; one leaf
• one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant)
• one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.) - also written as 一挺, 一梃
• one cho (unit of distance, 109.09 m)
• one game; one task

adverbial noun:

• well then; come then

noun:

• Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama) ➜ 稲魂
• Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto)
• fox (said to be messengers of Inari) ➜ 狐
• fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes) ➜ 油揚げ
• inarizushi - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ いなり寿司

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to distribute; to arrange; to allot (to a position of authority, etc.) ➜ 配する
• to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating)
• to marry off
• to exile; to banish

noun:

• drink; drinking - abbreviation
• spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.)
• stock market bucketing
• bookmaking

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to distribute; to arrange; to allot (to a position of authority, etc.) ➜ 配る
• to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating)
• to marry off - archaism
• to exile; to banish - archaism

noun:

• groundwork; foundation
• inclination; aptitude; elementary knowledge (of); grounding (in)
• undercoat; first coat
• soy sauce ➜ お下地

noun:

• one mountain
• pile (of something); heap; lot (in sale)
• hump; worst part
• large profit; killing ➜ 一山当てる【ひとやまあてる】

adjective:

• astringent; bitter; puckery; rough; harsh; tart
• austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); refined; quiet (and simple); sober; sombre; subdued; tasteful (in a quiet way); understated
• sour (look); glum; grim; sullen; sulky
• stingy; tight-fisted

noun:

• opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side Antonym: 表【おもて】
• rear; back; behind
• lining; inside
• in the shadows; behind the scenes; offstage; behind one's back
• more (to something than meets the eye); hidden side (e.g. of one's personality); unknown circumstances; different side
• proof ➜ 裏付け
• opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); contrary ➜ 裏をかく
• inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
• bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning) - Baseball term Antonym: 表【おもて】

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound - also written as 拍つ, 搏つ, 撲つ, 擣つ
• to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
• to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
• to move; to impress; to touch
• to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject
• to type; to send; to transmit
• to insert; to write in; to mark
• to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare
• to till (soil)
• to sprinkle; to throw; to cast
• to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.)
• to pay (a deposit, etc.)
• to visit (on a pilgrimage)
• to line (a coat)
• to bind (a criminal)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle; to take care of; to entertain
• to deal with (a problem); to handle; to manage
• to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to work
• to deal in; to sell
• to cover (a topic); to treat; to discuss; to take up
• to treat A as B - as ＡをＢとして扱う
• to mediate (an argument) - archaism
• to be too much for one; to find unmanageable - archaism
• to gossip - archaism

noun / adjectival noun:

• luxury; extravagance

~する noun:

• to live in luxury; to indulge oneself

adjectival noun:

• lavish (use of something); abundant; copious; wasteful

noun:

• gun
• wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice - Sumo term
• fugu - colloquialism ➜ 河豚

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to harvest; to reap
• to take in; to gather in
• to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to introduce; to borrow (e.g. word)

noun:

• navel; belly button
• protrusion or depression in the middle of an object ［へそ・ヘソ］
• center; centre; most important part; main point

adverb:

• bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); roaring; whooping - onomatopoeia
• in a rush; in a surge; flooding in; pouring in - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; all of a sudden - onomatopoeia

noun:

• band

~する noun:

• to perform in a band; to create a (pop) band

noun:

• The Bund (Shanghai, China)

noun:

• credit - abbreviation ➜ 掛け売り・掛け買い
• money owed on an account; bill
• hot noodles in broth - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ 掛け蕎麦【かけそば】・掛けうどん【かけうどん】

noun / suffix noun:

• proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price)

suffix:

• in the midst of - after a -masu stem
• rest; rack; hanger - after a noun

noun / ~する noun:

• extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; destruction; suppression
• making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings - Buddhism term
• curing illness

adverb:

• unwillingly; grudgingly; reluctantly

noun:

• shaking head in refusal (to children)

interjection:

• no!; no no!; not at all

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to offer; to present - humble language
• to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to do respectfully - humble language

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to rot; to decay
• to die in obscurity
• to be forgotten with time - often in neg.

noun / ~する noun:

• riding together; sharing a car (taxi, etc.)
• doing in collaboration
• backing of the same candidate by different political parties

noun / ~する noun:

• hailing each other
• acting in concert; responding (to); sympathizing (with)
• agreement; concord - Linguistics term

noun:

• strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; maelstrom - from 鳴門海峡
• kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern - abbreviation ➜ 鳴門巻き
• cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern - Food term
• Naruto; city in NE Tokushima pref ［鳴門］
• Naruto Strait ［鳴門］ - from 鳴門海峡 - abbreviation
• Naruto wakame ［鳴門］ - abbreviation ➜ 鳴門若布【なるとわかめ】