noun:

• outrider; herald
• rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to tread (a nail) into the sole of one's foot; to tread through (the floor)

noun / ~する noun:

• being drawn to many things; distraction; difficulty of choice; difficulty in choosing; being unable to decide

noun:

• scholar beholden to the government; self-serving academic; scholar who toadies up to government authorities - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.)
• to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)

noun:

• propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible; being prone to act bad - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to collect the ashes of the deceased
• to look after someone's affairs after he dies

noun:

• (finger) ring ➜ 指輪
• metal thimble ➜ 指貫【ゆびぬき】
• ring used to constrict a finger to make it small and beautiful - archaism

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to give an address (before a large number of people); to give a forceful speech

noun:

• child born to one's legal wife (as opposed to one's concubine, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation

~する noun:

• to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow

expression / ~の noun:

• distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; special to

expression:

• but; except; without; but for - usu. accompanied by a verb in negative form

noun:

• inability to live up to one's rank; out of one's league

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse for doing something

noun / ~する noun:

• right to speak; offering one's opinion to one's superior; proposal

noun:

• place to put things; shed; storage space ➜ 置き場
• place to put oneself - usu. as 身の置き所 ➜ 身の置き所がない・身の置き所もない

adjective:

• formidable; not to be sneered at; not to be made light of

expression / adjective:

• have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to ➜ 縁のない

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to let loose something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the field [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.); to have glassy eyes

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to throw one's chest out; to hold one's head high

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to lurk on a forum; to read a forum without posting messages - from ロム: Read-Only Member - slang ➜ ＲＯＭ【ロム】