godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to finger; to touch; to play with; to fiddle with; to toy with
• to make changes to; to tinker with; to tamper with ［いじる］
• to dabble in; to do as a hobby; to play around with ［いじる］
• to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.) ［まさぐる］

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• going on and on in tedious detail - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be lifted; to be raised; to rise; to go up
• to happen suddenly; to occur; to come up; to turn up
• to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to decorate
• to pretend; to feign; to affect; to disguise oneself as

expression:

• to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

noun:

• doorstop interview; doorstep interview; on-the-move interview; informal interview in which reporters surround a public figure and prod him for an off-the-cuff response

noun:

• the easy way; attaining rebirth in the Pure Land through the vows of Amitabha (as opposed to one's own efforts) - Buddhism term ➜ 難行道

noun:

• thousand-day walk through the mountains from Hieizan to the old Imperial Palace in Kyoto (ascetic practice of the Tendai sect) - Buddhism term

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out
• to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain ［えぐる］
• to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light ［えぐる］

noun:

• free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to awaken; to arouse from sleep
• to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of)
• to sober up
• to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil ［醒ます］ ➜ 冷ます【さます】

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いけじめ］
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いけしめ
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いけしめ

noun:

• popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language
• adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese); historical novel writing

noun:

• top component of the kanji "thread" radical - the component 幺 as in the left of 幻

noun:

• hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

noun:

• thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword
• (up to) the hilt; wits' end ➜ 切羽詰まる

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to feel down; to feel sad; to be depressed; to be in low spirits
• to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition
• to fall into (e.g. a hole)

noun:

• word-order marks used to assist reading of Chinese classics

expression / noun:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way - idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be done; to be practiced; to be practised; to take place; to be held; to be prevalent; to be in fashion; to be in vogue; to be current; to come into use

noun:

• Kanji to English (dictionary)

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree [literal] - idiom