noun:

• taking on cargo; loading (e.g. a ship); cargo; shipment

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to
• to grapple
• to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake
• to take hold of; to possess; to haunt - of a demon, thought, emotion, etc. ➜ 取り憑く【とりつく】
• to obtain a clue; to get a lead

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• forever; endlessly; on and on
• meandering; wandering; winding; sinuous; serpentine; zigzagging

noun:

• crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

noun / ~の noun:

• main body (of troops)
• nucleus; backbone; mainstay; key figure
• center field; centre field; center fielder; centre fielder

noun:

• athlete competing in the middle-number match in a team competition, i.e. second in 3-on-3, third in 5-on-5 (kendo, judo, etc.) ➜ 先鋒【せんぽう】

noun / ~の noun:

• medium-level; mid-level; midsize

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison - idiom

noun:

• 23rd night of a lunar month (esp. 8th month)
• moon-waiting party held on 23rd night of a lunar month

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to button; to put on (something that envelops, e.g. gloves, ring)
• to have sex; to fuck - colloquialism
• to pigeonhole (into a particular category)
• to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
• to entrap; to set someone up (e.g. frame them for a crime, etc.)

noun:

• commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)

noun:

• Sold (typically a sign on something that has already been sold)

noun / ~する noun:

• dashing around on a horse; running around; exerting oneself (for another)

expression:

• having good marks
• good on (a certain) point

noun:

• splash pattern (e.g. on a kimono); dye pattern; kasuri

expression:

• on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hit a nerve; to get on one's nerves ➜ 気に障る

noun:

• castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle ➜ 平城【ひらじろ】・山城【やまじろ】

noun:

• stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus ➜ 地謡座

noun:

• stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus - obscure term ➜ 地謡前

noun:

• sloping; slope ［傾れ］
• rundown of glaze on a piece of china

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to have a lewd look on one's face; to ogle

noun:

• whole temple complex; all the temples on a mountain
• one mountain - orig. meaning ➜ 一山【ひとやま】

expression:

• on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat ➜ 何かと言うと

noun:

• rosette; ceiling rose; circular electrical cord mounting, usu. on a ceiling