expression / noun:

• Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling) - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to pulverise; to deface
• to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drink away one's money; to be a sot; to get wasted
• to drink someone under the table

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; to wrap in wafer paper [literal] - idiom

noun:

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

noun:

• clearance hole (hole for a bolt, screw, etc., which is large enough to allow the thread, etc. to pass through)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after
• to have lingering effects

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to affix; to append; to attach ➜ 付する
• to entrust; to refer; to handle (as such)
• to follow (the leader)
• to submit (a document, etc.)

noun:

• treating somebody as one's own daughter; someone who is treated as a daughter
• woman who manages geisha (Edo period) - archaism

expression:

• follow the person to your right (command to form a line)
• following someone's example; imitating someone; following suit

noun:

• value honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles - Mahjong term ➜ 圏風牌・門風牌・三元牌
• winning hand containing one kong (or pung) of a value honor - Mahjong term ➜ 役【やく】

noun:

• petitioning (an administration) for redress; suing civilly to seek redress (for a court's action); lodging an appeal - Law term

noun:

• anticipated questions and answers (e.g. for a press conference, interview or oral exam); collection of hypothetical questions and answers

noun:

• area of a soccer pitch between the penalty area and the centre ring (of tactical importance) - Sports term - From English "vital area"

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to sit; to squat
• to assume (a position)
• to hold steady; to hold still - esp. 据わる, 据る

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to spin; to make yarn
• to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to meet; to encounter; to see - 逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos; 遭う may have an undesirable nuance
• to have an accident; to have a bad experience - esp. 遭う when in kanji - usually written using kana alone

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pull apart; to separate
• to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

noun:

• one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryou (an old coin)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to ignite; to set fire to
• to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

~する verb (spec.):

• to line up with; to be a member of; to rank with
• to attend; to take part in

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to point down; to look down Antonym: 上向く
• to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to line up; to stand in a line
• to rival; to match; to equal

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to boil; to come to a boil
• to seethe (with rage, etc.); to be furious

expression / adjective:

• to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message