noun:

• first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move
• forestalling; (seizing the) initiative ➜ 後手

adverb:

• for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime ➜ 差し当たり

adverb / ~と adverb:

• intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; by ones and twos - onomatopoeia
• in drops (e.g. of rain) - onomatopoeia

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to reject
• to align; to put in order
• to push open - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to reject - archaism ➜ 排する
• to align; to put in order
• to push open

noun:

• light distribution (e.g. in candle-power or candela); luminous intensity distribution; spatial distribution of luminous intensity

noun:

• transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony - Shintō term ➜ 神体

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie down; to stretch out
• to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

adverb / ~と adverb:

• slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit - onomatopoeia
• slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out; seeping out - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Maru-ship; Japanese ship (because Japanese ship names often end in Maru)

noun:

• the clear top of a liquid; the clear layer in a fluid, atop the sediment

noun / ~する noun:

• taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)

noun:

• cold noodles (in Korean style)
• chilled Chinese noodles - Kansai dialect ➜ 冷やし中華
• cold Chinese noodles accompanied by soup for dipping ➜ つけ麺

noun:

• yen-denominated foreign bond; samurai bond; bond denominated in yen issued by a non-Japanese issuer

noun:

• sparkling waves; waves sparkling in the moonlight or with the light of the rising (setting) sun - four character idiom

expression:

• all those interested (in the matter); all those willing; (from) all of us; (from) everyone concerned - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be different and distinct; to be (relatively) distinct (when referring to items in a set) - Mathematics term ➜ 異なる

noun:

• family affairs; family business
• steward in charge of the affairs of a samurai family (middle ages)

noun:

• practical language; language used for day-to-day activity (in contrast to official languages); facility language

noun:

• little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept-secret place; hole-in-the-wall

noun:

• place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat ➜ 避暑

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to make a dent in one's purse; to have to pay out of one's own pocket

noun:

• at the outset; at the very beginning; in the first place; to begin (start) with; first and foremost - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be in sight (e.g. a resolution); to have a clear idea; to have bright prospects