noun:

• cutting a person's sidelocks; evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era); ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867) - archaism

noun:

• dyeing one's hair oneself (as opposed to having it done by a hairdresser) - From English "self colour"

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to distract oneself; to take one's mind off one's worries

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to talk on and on; to talk one's head off

noun:

• this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction ➜ 何方【どちら】・其方・彼方【あちら】
• here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is)
• this one (something physically close to the speaker)

pronoun:

• I; me; we; us
• this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)

noun:

• (exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take one's eyes off

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shoot or fire off an arrow

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take a veneer off something

noun:

• itching to show off one's abilities

godan ~る verb:

• to pay off completely (e.g. loan)

noun / ~する noun:

• being reluctant to sell; holding off on selling

expression:

• teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; lecturing to the Buddha [literal]

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as)
• to claim to be; to call oneself; to wear the title of
• to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to adopt as one's name; to take (a name)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to call out the goods one is selling - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pave the way; to put in motion; to put on the road (to)

adjectival noun / noun:

• spare time; free time; leisure

noun:

• time (e.g. time it takes to do something) ［ひま・ヒマ］

adjectival noun / noun:

• time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave
• quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse)

adjectival noun:

• (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow ［ひま・ヒマ］

noun:

• leaving; departing ［いとま］ ➜ 御暇

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk)
• to corrode; to weather; to crumble
• to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice)
• to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt
• to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down ➜ 気が腐る【きがくさる】

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to have the audacity to; to be bastard enough to - after the -masu stem of a verb; indicates scorn or disdain for another's action - usually written using kana alone - Kansai dialect ➜ やがる

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose a bet - archaism
• to be drenched; to become sopping wet - archaism

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to capture all the popularity; to steal the show; to upstage

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have the game in one's hands; to hold the key to victory

expression / ichidan verb:

• to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to get the hang of; to learn the secret to

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be used to; to get accustomed to; to be in the habit of doing
• to train; to discipline; to teach manners ➜ 躾ける
• to tack (in needlework); to baste
• to plant (esp. rice seedlings)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight

ichidan verb:

• to have become worn
• to be used to the ways of the world