noun:

• stock (in grafting)
• wood used as a platform (or base, etc.); block (i.e. chopping block); (gun) stock; unworked block of wood

noun:

• starting with vigor but ending with no action; raising one's voice (in a call to action) and then failing to take action

noun:

• sō-on; Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism) ➜ 唐音【とうおん】・宋【そう】

noun:

• chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

noun:

• using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 渡り箸

noun:

• using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 移り箸

noun:

• announcing meals (at a Zen monastery); meal announcer - Buddhism term
• noh mask resembling a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make the smart move (after taking in the situation, etc.) ➜ 気を利かせる
• to do the tactful or helpful thing (after considering someone's feelings) ➜ 気を利かせる

noun:

• tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back ➜ 突き返す【つきかえす】
• to reject; to send back ➜ 突き返す【つきかえす】

noun / ~する noun:

• open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire
• open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

noun:

• ridge (in mountain-climbing); edge of a rock face - From German "Kante"
• take-off point (ski-jump)
• edge of a ski

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to fall to ruins; to rust away
• to die in obscurity

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• derivation (e.g. in math, logic); drawing (conclusion, summary etc.); leading (e.g. to a conclusion, opinion, etc.)

noun:

• dispute over water rights; dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas) ➜ 水喧嘩

noun:

• the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features; the two main items (attractions) - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• being quiet and meek (in contrast to normal behaviour); being as meek as a lamb; a borrowed cat [literal] - idiom

noun:

• octopus - abbreviation
• octopus regulator; alternate second-stage air pressure regulator used as an alternative air source in an emergency

noun:

• Kyoto-style grilled fish; fish slices pickled overnight in Kyoto-style sweet white bean paste, then grilled - Food term ➜ 西京漬け

noun:

• colour of water (esp. in rivers, lakes, sea)
• scenery of rivers, lakes, etc.
• light blue; pale blue; aqua ➜ 水色【みずいろ】

noun / ~する noun:

• punch (with the fist)
• punching (a hole); hole punch

noun:

• punch (drink)
• punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to hold in one's arms
• to bring over a person to one's side; to involve

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

noun:

• economic unit (entity involved in economic activity, e.g. households, businesses, nations)
• economic unit (measurement of economic activity)