godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow wild; to run to waste; to become degenerate ➜ 荒む
• to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to deteriorate (of skill)

godan ~ぶ verb / auxiliary verb / intransitive verb:

• to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe - usu. after -masu stem

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to do as one pleases; to amuse oneself; to play around ［遊ぶ］ - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart

noun:

• native Japanese kanji (esp. used during the Edo period) - archaism ➜ 国字
• made-up kanji; Chinese character of one's own creation
• creating a character with a group of people ➜ 人文字

noun / ~する noun:

• discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring

noun:

• pushing (propelling) (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind - Sumo term

noun:

• syncretism (interworking of two or more cultural perspectives into one system)

noun:

• seasoning; flavour; flavor - originally, esp. salt and plum vinegar - archaism
• serving one's lord well (of a retainer) - archaism

adverb:

• arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases

expression / noun:

• universal brotherhood; all eight corners of the world under one roof - WWII political slogan often seen as implying Japanese world domination - four character idiom

noun:

• seeking to improve one's health with a change of climate

noun:

• foods abstained from in hopes of having one's desire granted

noun / ~する noun:

• general review (e.g. of one's lessons); dress rehearsal

noun:

• complete mastery of or over; at one's beck and call

noun:

• complete mastery of or over; at one's beck and call

noun:

• duty of confidentiality (concerning private matters learned through one's business) - four character idiom

noun:

• saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension ➜ 固唾をのむ【かたずをのむ】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses - Sumo term

noun:

• state of fine weather where one is subject to direct sunlight

noun:

• series of holidays with one or two workdays in between - four character idiom

noun:

• having part of one's underwear exposed from their shorts - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• Ajase complex (feelings of guilt towards one's mother)

noun:

• taishiki mode; one of the six main gagaku modes - Music term ➜ 六調子

noun:

• Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 張

expression:

• out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• tucking up the hem of one's garments ➜ 尻からげ