godan ~く verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to be struck with an idea
• to remember; to recall

expression / auxiliary adjective:

• cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to - after the -nai stem of a verb

expression:

• cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to ➜ ざるを得ない【ざるをえない】

suffix:

• our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you

noun:

• Narita divorce; divorce case of a newlywed couple breaking up upon their return to Narita Airport from their honeymoon abroad - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing

expression:

• if two ride upon a horse, one must sit behind; when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war; two great rivals cannot coexist - proverb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case
• to scold; to take (a person) to task

noun:

• welcome drink (e.g. free drink served to hotel guests upon arrival)

noun / ~する noun:

• to set upon a journey; to start travelling; to set off on a trip ➜ 旅立ち・出立

noun:

• twentieth day of the first month (end of New Year celebrations, upon which remaining New Year's food is eaten, decorations are stowed away, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• spanking

noun:

• traditional ceremony where the newly-wed wife, upon entering her new home, was hit on the rump with a straw bundle etc., to ensure her fertility

expression / ichidan verb:

• to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on

ichidan verb:

• to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed

godan ~く verb:

• to beat vigorously; to rain strikes upon someone; to tan someone's hide; to mercilessly pummel; to beat the daylights out of

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to attend on; to wait upon; to accompany; to escort and wait on; to chaperone

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon

godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する) / intransitive verb:

• to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set
• to expect; to hope for; to look forward to; to foresee; to anticipate
• to resolve (to do); to decide upon; to prepare for; to promise; to pledge

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set ［きする］ ➜ 期す
• to expect; to hope for; to look forward to; to foresee; to anticipate ➜ 期す
• to resolve (to do); to decide upon; to prepare for; to promise; to pledge ➜ 期す

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to gatecrash
• to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon; to pile in

expression:

• You must seize every golden opportunity; Strike while the iron is hot; When you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price - four character idiom

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon - 出遭う usu. has a negative connotation
• to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.) ［出会う・出合う］ - esp. 出合う
• to emerge and engage (an enemy) ［出会う・出合う］ - often used imperatively as 出会え

noun:

• invoking the coercive power of the state; calling upon the power of the state

godan ~く verb:

• to wear on the head - archaism
• to have cloth, clothing, etc. bestowed upon one by their lord or master; to wear such cloth on the left shoulder
• to be injured

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to draw (water); to ladle; to dip up; to scoop up; to pump
• to pour (into a cup); to drink (together) ➜ 酌む【くむ】
• to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit; to understand
• to draw upon; to inherit