noun:

• side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley

noun / ~する noun:

• drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up

noun:

• one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to miss (a train, bus, etc.)
• to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to make muddy (a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to roil
• to prevaricate; to speak ambiguously ➜ お茶を濁す・茶を濁す・言葉を濁す

noun:

• deck (of a ship)

noun / ~する noun:

• switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering

noun:

• focus (of a lens); focal point - From Dutch "brandpunt"
• point (of a discussion, e.g. on-point, off-point)

noun:

• main course (of a river)

noun / ~の noun:

• mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)

noun:

• hamburger (on a bun)

noun / ~する noun:

• looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to

particle:

• until (a time); till; to; up to
• to (a place); as far as
• to (an extent); up to; so far as; even
• only; merely

noun:

• the eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to sail across
• to get through (adversity); to weather; to get over; to tide over; to overcome; to survive

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

noun:

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

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish
• to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• closure (of a library, museum, etc.)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to become clear (of a road, visibility, etc.); to open up
• to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better
• to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to modernize; to grow; to advance (of knowledge, ideas, etc.)
• to be sensible; to be understanding; to be enlightened
• to open (of a new road, railway, etc.); to be opened to traffic
• to become populous; to become densely built; to become bustling

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• lightly rolling (of a small and round thing) - onomatopoeia
• pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter) - onomatopoeia
• changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); fickly; in a fickle manner - onomatopoeia
• roly-poly - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• chirp chirp; sound of insects - onomatopoeia
• ribbit ribbit; croak croak; sound of frogs - onomatopoeia ➜ ケロケロ

noun:

• roller; lint roller; paint roller ［ころころ・コロコロ］ - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / noun:

• fluent (in a language); flowing

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to pass (a car); to overtake ➜ 追い越す【おいこす】
• to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance; to outsail ➜ 追い越す【おいこす】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)

noun:

• manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.)
• in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work