expression / noun:

• coming to nothing ➜ 水泡
• bubble on the surface of water
• something that is short-lived

noun:

• black soybean ➜ 黒豆
• soybeans boiled in sugary water
• pea - obscure term ➜ エンドウマメ

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a stab at arousing someone's interest - idiom
• (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them
• to offer water before a grave

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to remove the astringent taste from persimmons
• to soak in water; to steep in water ［さわす］
• to matte (with black lacquer) ［さわす］

noun:

• one's own bath ➜ 留風呂
• (reusing) yesterday's bath water
• monthly pass for a public bath

noun:

• liquid; beverage; drink
• food with high water content
• gamble; uncertain affair; matter of chance

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution

noun / ~する noun:

• circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional; circulating

~と adverb:

• flicker (light); waver - onomatopoeia
• trickle (water) - onomatopoeia
• glance at - onomatopoeia

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
• to sever (connections, ties) ➜ 縁を切る
• to turn off (e.g. the light)
• to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect ➜ 電話を切る
• to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
• to open (something sealed)
• to start
• to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.)
• to reduce; to decrease; to discount ➜ 値切る
• to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
• to cross; to traverse
• to criticize sharply
• to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
• to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
• to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
• to shuffle (cards)
• to discard a tile - Mahjong term
• to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate
• to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
• to trump ➜ 切り札
• to cut (the connection between two groups) (in go)
• to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone) - also written as 鑽る
• to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to finish; to complete - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 疲れきる

noun:

• level; standard
• water level

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to release; to let go; to free; to set free; to let loose; to turn loose
• to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• call; summons; paging; curtain call ➜ 呼び出す【よびだす】

noun:

• usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc. - Sumo term
• telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached - abbreviation ➜ 呼び出し電話
• box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse) - archaism ➜ 陸湯
• high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period) - archaism
• unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• squeeze (play) - Baseball term
• (in scuba diving) discomfort or pain caused by increasing water pressure compressing body air spaces and pushing body tissue inward

~の noun / noun:

• speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)

noun:

• marbling (of beef) ➜ 霜降り肉
• (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water - abbreviation ➜ 霜降り作り
• formation of frost - orig. meaning

noun:

• knotweed (Polygonaceae); jointweed; smartweed
• water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper) ➜ 柳蓼

noun:

• itinerant priest; wandering monk; mendicant
• clouds and water

noun / ~する noun:

• suicide by drowning; drowning oneself
• entering the water; hitting the water ［にゅうすい］

noun:

• steam bath ➜ 蒸し風呂
• hot water bath

noun:

• feng shui; fengshui
• wind and water

noun:

• peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures ➜ 覗き機関【のぞきからくり】
• water glass; hydroscope; box, etc. with glass bottom for viewing underwater ➜ 箱眼鏡【はこめがね】

noun:

• Eleocharis kuroguwai (species of spikerush)
• Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis var. tuberosa) ➜ 大黒慈姑

noun:

• pit of the stomach; solar plexus
• place where water falls ［水落・水落ち］

noun:

• dripping; drop; trickle
• water trickling from moss, rocks, or cliffs in the summer

noun:

• hard-boiled egg - abbreviation - Kansai dialect ➜ 煮抜き卵
• starchy water (from boiled rice)

noun:

• washing ［洗い］
• sashimi chilled in iced water - Food term