expression / ichidan verb:

• to drag things out; to creep up slowly on the point; to strangle (execute) slowly with a silk cord (instead of quickly with a rope) [literal]

noun:

• decorating the alcove of a tea room with a hanging scroll and flowers (in more formal tea ceremonies, during only the first and second half respectively)
• style of decorating a traditional Japanese room (esp. a study) in which incense, a pair of vases and a pair of candlesticks are placed on a table in front of a trio of hanging scrolls - orig. meaning

noun:

• in the sentence; in the text
• Bunchū era (of the Southern Court) (1372.4.?-1375.5.27)

noun:

• consideration (in contract law, the thing given or done by the promisee in exchange for the promise)

noun:

• sleeping in a ship
• sleeping on the surface of the water (of a bird)
• restless sleep
• casually sleeping together (e.g. unmarried couple)

godan ~す verb:

• to blow in the opposite direction; to revive

noun:

• something to rely on; aid; clue; way; means
• someone to rely on; relative
• reminder; memento

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to cut loose; to let loose; to cut off; to detach; to dismember; to cut in two
• to separate in thought; to consider as independent

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to feel around for; to fumble for; to grope for; to search for; to look for
• to investigate; to probe into; to spy on; to sound out
• to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

noun:

• castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle ➜ 平城【ひらじろ】・山城【やまじろ】

noun:

• stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus ➜ 地謡座

noun:

• stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus - obscure term ➜ 地謡前

noun:

• pictures painted on tiles
• mural on tiled wall (esp. in public baths)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple
• to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to cave in; to crumble; to give away
• to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to break down (e.g. from overwork)
• to die; to be killed
• to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.); to fail; to collapse; to go under
• to be defeated (in a game); to lose
• to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.); to be overthrown

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in ➜ 包む【つつむ】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure
• to learn; to find out; to take in

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit
• to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person)
• to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury
• to spend (time); to live one's life
• to pass (down the line)
• to affix okurigana ➜ 送り仮名

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument
• someone's ability to play the shamisen

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall in love (for the first time); to know love
• to be compassionate

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position - idiom

noun:

• lake shaped like the kanji "heart" character (traditional Japanese gardens)

noun:

• reading a text from start to finish
• transliterating classical Chinese into Japanese ➜ よみくだす

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to undertake; to take on (task)
• to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for); to promise

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind
• to calm down; to settle down; to die down; to become stable; to abate
• to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in
• to be settled; to be fixed; to have been reached - of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.
• to harmonize with; to harmonise with; to match; to suit; to fit
• to be unobtrusive; to be quiet; to be subdued - usu. used pronominally as 落ち着いた ➜ 落ち着いた【おちついた】

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
• to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to ［かじりつく］