godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to hold or operate with one's hands; to handle
• to find difficult to manage ➜ 持て余す

expression:

• every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop [literal] - proverb ➜ 餠

noun:

• custom of having toddlers step on a sticky rice cake on their first birthday

noun:

• custom of tying a large mochi on a toddler's back on his or her first birthday

noun:

• rice gruel with mochi - Food term
• azuki bean gruel eaten around the 15th day of the first month - Food term

conjunction / expression:

• with; by - polite language ➜ 以て【もって】
• by means of; because; in view of - polite language ➜ 以て【もって】

noun:

• throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building ➜ 棟上げ式【むねあげしき】

noun:

• horses owned; horse owned

noun:

• throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building ➜ 餅まき

noun:

• Nepal holly (Ilex integra)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to have long in use

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to express ... in terms of ... ➜ 使って表す