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:

• field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly - word borne of confusion between the kanji 擅 and 壇 ➜ 独擅場

noun:

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

noun:

• coverall apron (esp. for cooking, cleaning, and household chores); cook's apron

noun:

• something (equipped) with legs
• sole of foot
• one's manner of walking

noun:

• pot - polite language ➜ 釜
• volcanic crater
• (one's) buttocks
• male homosexual; effeminate man; male transvestite - often derog. - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go downhill (e.g. for one's business); to be badly off (economically) ➜ 左前

noun:

• everybody's friend; person who is affable to everybody - oft. used derogatively
• flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty

noun:

• focus of one's attention; what one is looking for ➜ 目の付け所

noun:

• side; flank ➜ 横腹【よこばら】
• illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife

expression:

• some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste - proverb

noun:

• field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears

noun:

• buying for immediate requirements; buying just enough to fulfil one's needs; spot purchasing - Business term

expression:

• nurture over nature; how one is brought up matters more than one's origins - proverb

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to fit well (e.g. clothes)
• to be good for one's health

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• of great renown; highly illustrious; at the zenith of one's fame - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates - four character idiom

noun:

• according to (depending on) one's ability; if one is good (competent, talented) enough - four character idiom

noun:

• having consent (e.g. to do something); having (someone's) assent ➜ 納得

expression / ichidan verb:

• to do something with painful reluctance; to have one's hair pulled from behind [literal] - idiom

noun:

• game of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"