expression / ichidan verb:

• to set off an explosive
• to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to let things end up as they will; to let nature take its course
• to make do with what one has

adverbial noun:

• just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

noun:

• tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable)
• forward puller (of a rickshaw)

noun / ~の noun:

• telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; communion of mind with mind - four character idiom

noun:

• non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period) - honorific language ➜ 用人

expression:

• not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; not only ... - after 〜は or 〜も

adjectival noun:

• negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss - archaism ➜ 疎か【おろそか】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up

expression / ichidan verb:

• to ensconce oneself (e.g. in a chair); to settle oneself down; to plant oneself

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to run at full speed; to run and run
• to try one's hardest

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type) ➜ 組み上げる【くみあげる】

noun / expression:

• one-track mind; person who always acts the same or says the same thing (esp. person who always cracks the same kind of jokes) - humorous term - From English "very special one pattern"

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed

noun:

• sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth) ➜ 炬燵

prefix:

• surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words); excess-; over-
• per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)

noun:

• (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
• (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined ➜ 生まれつき

noun:

• additions and deletions; adding and deleting; revisions; revising

~する noun:

• to add and to delete; to revise

noun:

• sign staked to a building's ridgepole at construction time stating the building's donor, builder, date, reason for construction, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• going to serve one's lord

noun:

• daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era) - abbreviation ➜ 参勤交代

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice

noun:

• pilaf topped with bechemal or other cheese-based sauce, then oven baked - named after the Doria family of Genoa - From Italian "Doria"
• casserole dish dedicated to the Doria family, often with green, white and red colours

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

• the other day; lately; recently; during this period
• meanwhile; in the meantime ［このかん］

noun / ~する noun:

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

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• chivalry; generosity; heroism; chivalrous spirit; helping the weak and fighting the strong ➜ 任侠団体・男伊達