noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument
• someone's ability to play the shamisen

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to strike; to throw; to slap something onto; to dash (e.g. to the floor)
• to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner) - Sumo term
• to declare someone the winner (of a competition)

noun / ~する noun:

• the 'be-be-be' sound of a detector going off
• clicking with someone; being compatible

noun:

• looter; thief at the scene of a fire - abbreviation ➜ 火事場泥棒
• someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to collect the ashes of the deceased
• to look after someone's affairs after he dies

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to strip a person of all his or her clothes
• to steal someone blind - slang

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go steady with; to get on with
• to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone; to compromise

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 ~う verb / transitive:

• to behave; to conduct oneself
• to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner)
• to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give somebody the brown-eye

noun:

• backslapping; a smile and a tap on the shoulder [literal]
• backslapper; someone who smiles and gives you a slap on the shoulder; someone who wins people over

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hit
• to expose
• to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against; to hold on; to hold against
• to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class)
• to guess (an answer)
• to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)

noun:

• fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light
• person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake

noun:

• body double (orig. of a military leader)
• wire puller; someone behind the scenes

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action - idiom
• to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom; to beat someone's backside

expression / ichidan verb:

• to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.) ➜ 活
• to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone; to give someone a pep talk ➜ 喝

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hang up; to hoist
• to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court

noun:

• subject (of a portrait or bust); a person posing for a portrait or bust - obscure term
• (historically) patron; someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• illiteracy; ignorance

noun:

• arhat; someone who has attained nirvana - Buddhism term

noun:

• warehouse style; house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud ➜ 土蔵造り

noun / ~する noun:

• building a kura storehouse; someone who builds kura storehouses

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to carry up; to bring up; to lift up
• to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)

noun:

• country bumpkin - archaism - derogatory term
• John Doe; used to refer to someone whose name is unknown

noun:

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

noun:

• hammer
• hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone - usually written using kana alone