godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to slip into for the purposes of sex (e.g. lover's house, hotel, red light district, etc.); to shack up with
• to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)

expression:

• the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long; the well with sweet water will be the first to run dry [literal] - proverb

noun:

• The Yalta Agreement (secret American-British-Soviet agreement wherein the Soviets agreed to attack Japan within three months of the German surrender: Feb. 11, 1945) ➜ ヤルタ会談

noun:

• disguised contracting; fake subcontract; hiring a temporary employee and paying for the completion of the work rather than the work itself, thereby avoiding have to pay benefits

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation ➜ ばつを合わせる

noun:

• cannot allow (oneself) to live (with someone) under the canopy of heaven; cannot allow (the sworn enemy) to live in this world; irreconcilable (enemy) - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode
• to cut down (budget, expenses, salary, etc.); to curtail; to reduce
• to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out

expression:

• used to create a rhetorical question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question - female language ➜ ものか

noun:

• driving off birds
• procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house
• female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen
• street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan

noun:

• sense of the trend of the times; sensitivity to the changing times - four character idiom ➜ 時世感覚

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to weigh one thing against the other; to act in consideration of; to compare and take into consideration

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off
• to be washed up (on the shore)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward; to be prone to
• to go down (sun); to wane; to sink; to decline

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward; to be prone to ➜ 傾く
• to go down (sun); to wane; to sink; to decline ➜ 傾く

noun:

• shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck - four character idiom

noun:

• open to all; taking part on the spur of the moment

noun:

• prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times - four character idiom

noun:

• four posts that used to support the roof over the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• ceremony to purify the ring before the start of a tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• the Gospel according to Matthew (book of the Bible)

noun:

• the Gospel according to Mark (book of the Bible)

noun:

• the Gospel according to Luke (book of the Bible)

noun:

• the Gospel according to John (book of the Bible)

noun:

• First Epistle to the Corinthians (book of the Bible)