godan ~く verb:

• to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

yodan ~ふ verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to serve (by a superior's side) ［候ふ］ - archaism

auxiliary verb / yodan ~ふ verb (archaic):

• to be - auxiliary used in place of ある after で or に when forming a copula - archaism - polite language
• to do - auxiliary used in place of ます after a -masu stem - archaism - polite language

expression:

• to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end ➜ 手段を選ばずに

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be tonsured; to have one's head shaved
• to become a monk

noun:

• atoll butterflyfish (Chaetodon mertensii); Merten's butterflyfish; keel-finned butterfly-fish; orangebar butterflyfish

expression / ichidan verb:

• to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to spread one's legs
• to agree to have sex (for a woman)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate - slang ➜ 詰める

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• (for something) to have occurred; to have done (something) - after the past tense form of a verb
• (for something) to happen on occasion

godan ~く verb:

• to ascend (the throne); to accede ➜ 付く【つく】
• to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to be hired; to be employed ［就く］
• to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart ［就く］
• to study (under teacher); to be an apprentice ［就く］

expression:

• one should not leave things unfinished; when a young Mencius returned home during the middle of school, his mother cut off the cloth she had been weaving on the loom to admonish him for stopping his studies midway - proverb ➜ 断機

expression:

• paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】

noun:

• measuring container; measure
• box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
• square on a grid; cell of a grid - esp. マス
• square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ［斗］

noun:

• cutting pliers; lineman's pliers; combination pliers - From English "pinchers"

noun:

• Labour Party; Labor Party; worker's party

noun:

• non-return-to-zero change-on-ones recording; NRZ-1 - IT term
• non-return-to-zero (mark) recording; NRZ(M)

adverb:

• between the waves; in the waves; on the waves; behind the waves; beneath the waves ➜ 波間【なみま】

lower nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out - archaism Antonym: 入る【はいる】
• to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out - archaism
• to move forward - archaism
• to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach - archaism
• to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display - archaism
• to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out - archaism
• to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform - archaism
• to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised - archaism
• to sell - archaism
• to exceed; to go over - archaism
• to stick out; to protrude - archaism
• to break out; to occur; to start; to originate - archaism
• to be produced - archaism
• to come from; to be derived from - archaism
• to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid - archaism
• to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get - archaism
• to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave - archaism
• to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain - archaism
• to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed - archaism
• to graduate - archaism

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

expression:

• to wait for a good opportunity; to come down on the right side of the fence; to see which way the cat jumps; to wait and see at Horagatoge [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef
• to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties; to hit a snag

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with ➜ 耐える【たえる】
• to restrain; to control; to keep a check on
• to forgive; to put up with; to pardon

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to sew; to stitch
• to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)