noun:

• starting; engaging
• expenses; costs - esp. 掛かり, 掛り
• attack (esp. a corner approach in the game of go) - esp. 掛かり, 掛り; often as カカリ ➜ カカリ
• barb
• charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk ［掛かり・掛り］ - esp. for government offices, railways, etc. ➜ 係【かかり】

noun / suffix:

• stuffing; packing - づめ when a suffix

noun:

• end (esp. the foot of a bridge)
• lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony
• tea master
• endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively)
• sweet eel sauce - abbreviation
• middle-aged woman - archaism

suffix noun:

• appointment to a particular workplace
• using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment)
• continuing; keep doing for period of time - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun:

• horsepower; HP ➜ 馬力
• home page ［ＨＰ］ - IT term ➜ ホームページ
• half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding) ［ＨＰ］ ➜ ハーフパイプ
• HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game) ［ＨＰ］
• harp ［ｈｐ］ ➜ ハープ

adverb / ~と adverb:

• turning around (once) - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; abruptly
• completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something)
• beautiful, round (eyes)

noun:

• flail (for threshing grain) - abbreviation ➜ くるり棒

noun:

• circle (sometimes used for zero) ➜ 丸【まる】
• 'correct' (when marking) ➜ 二重丸【にじゅうまる】
• symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship) ➜ 〇〇【まるまる】
• period; full stop ➜ 句点
• maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound ➜ 半濁点

noun:

• end; finish; stop
• bounds; limits ➜ 切りがない・切りのない
• delivery date (of a futures contract) - esp. 限り,限
• finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville)

suffix / counter:

• counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat)

particle:

• only; just - senses 6-8 are sometimes pronounced ぎり, esp. in old-fashioned speech - usually written using kana alone ➜ っ切り【っきり】
• since; after - usu. in a negative sentence - usually written using kana alone
• remaining (in a particular state) - usually written using kana alone

adjective:

• high; tall ［高い］ Antonym: 低い
• expensive; high-priced
• high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
• loud
• high-pitched; shrill

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to put; to place
• to leave (behind)
• to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up
• to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ
• to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc)
• to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
• to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house
• to separate spatially or temporally

godan ~く verb / auxiliary verb:

• to do something in advance - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone
• to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~の noun:

• crowd of people; great number of people

adverbial noun:

• in great numbers

noun:

• eggs; egg; spawn; roe ［卵］
• hen egg
• (an expert) in the making ［卵］
• beginning; origin; infancy ［卵］

noun:

• siblings; brothers and sisters ➜ ご兄弟
• brothers
• siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; sisters-in-law
• mate; friend - familiar language - male language

noun:

• cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.) ➜ コップ
• instant noodles purchased in cup; cup noodles - abbreviation ➜ カップ麺

expression:

• well then ...
• in that situation; in which case

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• on the way; en route
• in the middle of; midway

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be decided; to be settled
• to look good in (clothes)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to fish; to angle; to catch
• to lure in; to tempt; to attract; to entice; to allure ➜ 釣られる

noun:

• announcer; presenter; broadcaster; reporter
• in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to bite; to chew; to gnaw
• to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
• to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.); to mesh; to fit together
• to be involved in ➜ 一枚噛む
• to fumble one's words (during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words
• to strongly confute; to argue down; to rebuke; to scold harshly - archaism

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture
• to be folded
• to give in; to back down; to yield; to submit
• to turn (a corner) ➜ 曲がる

noun / ~の noun:

• city

noun:

• Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly - abbreviation ➜ 都議会

noun:

• wife; bride
• (one's) daughter-in-law

noun:

• step; stair; (flight of) steps; (row of) stitches; columns (of print)

noun / counter:

• grade; rank; level

counter:

• counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.)
• dan; senior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc. ➜ 級【きゅう】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with)
• to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to
• to be understood; to be comprehended
• to be honored; to be good
• to be well versed in; to be well-informed
• to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy)
• to form a liaison; to be intimate
• to spread widely; to disseminate

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to attain
• to lead to (a place); to get to
• in the extreme case of - as ～に至っては
• to come; to arrive; to result in - archaism

adverb / pronoun:

• here and there; all around; everywhere; throughout; all over

~する noun:

• to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up ［あちこち・あちらこちら・あっちこっち・アチコチ］