noun / suffix noun:

• taking; taker; collecting; collector; remover; removal

noun:

• last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day
• active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration)

prefix:

• emphatic or formal prefix - before a verb

noun:

• carry-back; bringing the ball back to one's own position (in rugby) - Sports term
• carryback; carrying over a deduction or credit from a prior year to the current year (to reduce income tax) - Economics term

noun / suffix noun:

• just before; on the verge of; on the brink of
• just in front of; just ahead of

noun:

• young man of conscription age who has not yet undergone military training - archaism
• man with no title and no rank (under the ritsuryo system); commoner - archaism
• servant dressed in a white uniform who carries objects for his master ［はくちょう］ - archaism ➜ 白張

noun:

• upper tier; upper section; upper deck; upper row; upper step; upper grade; upper berth; top shelf
• place of honor; place of honour ➜ 上座
• dais; raised part of floor ➜ 上段の間
• overhead position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper - idiom
• to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to form a circle; to move in a circle
• to draw a circle [literal]

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan)
• to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable

noun:

• to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

noun / ~する noun:

• invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor
• medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation) ➜ 巫女【みこ】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to add; to add up; to sum up; to append; to annex
• to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to pick up
• to include; to count in; to let join
• to inflict (damage); to deal; to give

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset) ［焼ける］
• to be jealous; to be envious

noun / ~の noun:

• sophistication; wordly wisdom

~する noun:

• to lose one's innocence; to get sophisticated; to get to know the world by being in contact with people; to lose one's naivete

noun:

• universe - Buddhism term
• realm of thought - Buddhism term
• underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness - Buddhism term
• being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other ［ほうかい］ - abbreviation ➜ 法界悋気

noun:

• one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men - four character idiom

noun:

• two books on the art of war in ancient China; the secrets (essence) of the art of war; secrets of successful life; precepts for living - four character idiom

expression:

• one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men - proverb ➜ 万緑一紅

noun / ~の noun:

• double - sometimes written as "Ｗ" ➜ シングル
• double bed; hotel room with a double bed - abbreviation ➜ ダブルベッド
• double-breasted - abbreviation ➜ ダブルブレスト
• double-cuffed
• double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters) - abbreviation ➜ ダブル幅
• doubles (e.g. in tennis) - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ ダブルス

noun:

• biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage - alternative to ハーフ ➜ ハーフ

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom

noun / prefix / suffix:

• medium; average; middle

noun:

• moderation
• middle school - abbreviation ➜ 中一・中学校
• China - abbreviation ➜ 中国
• volume two (of three) - abbreviation ➜ 中巻

suffix noun:

• during (a certain time when one did or is doing something); under (construction, etc.); while ➜ 話し中
• in; out of (e.g. three out of ten people) ➜ 中【じゅう】

adverb:

• anywhere; for all time; to the ends of the earth
• through thick and thin; come hell or high water; to the bitter end; to the utmost
• persistently; stubbornly
• in all respects; on every point
• thoroughly; exhaustively

noun:

• nine gates; winning hand consisting of one pung of 1s, one pung of 9s and one tile each of every other number, plus one more suited tile, all in the same suit - Mahjong term - From English "chi"

adverb / ~と adverb:

• snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと

adverb:

• (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to slip
• to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke)
• to drop; to go down; to come down; to fall (e.g. in status)