godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)

~の noun:

• collared; having a collar

noun:

• lifestyle; circumstances; what can be observed about one's wealth by looking at one's collar - archaism
• one's collar when wearing multiple kimonos - obscure term ➜ 襟元

noun:

• chilled syrup; soft drink of malt syrup mixed with boiling water, ginger juice, grated ginger, sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink, similar to ginger ale) - Food term ➜ 飴湯

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be at one's wit's end; to be in great trouble; to be at a loss

noun:

• voice
• singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); hoot
• voice; opinion (as expressed in words); view; wish; attitude; will
• sound
• sense (of something's arrival); feeling - usu. as ～の声を聞く
• voice; voiced sound - Linguistics term

noun:

• large cut (e.g. of meat) ［大切り・大切］
• last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to pour water (into); to dilute with water
• to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on; to put a damper on; to estrange (people)

expression:

• just as it is reassuring to have a companion when traveling, it is important for us to care for each other as we pass through this life

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be equal to; to be as good as; to be a match for; to rival

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to come to an agreement; to come to a mutual understanding; to come to terms with each other; to reach an arrangement

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to flow smoothly
• to sell well; to sell out ➜ 捌ける【さばける】

ichidan verb:

• to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
• Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds) ➜ 山の手

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to blame; to reproach; to censure; to rebuke; to reprove; to find fault; to take to task; to criticize; to criticise
• to question (a suspect); to challenge

ichidan verb:

• to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated; to get inflamed

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to prick (one's conscience) ➜ 気が咎める

noun:

• breaking up a match on doctor's orders (in boxing, etc.) - From English "doctor stop"
• being ordered by one's doctor to give up such habits as drinking, smoking, overeating, etc.

expression:

• walk a mile in other's shoes to understand their suffering; you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; pinch yourself and know others' pain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
• staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language ➜ 坊ちゃん【ぼっちゃん】
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world ➜ 坊ちゃん【ぼっちゃん】

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to carry; to transport; to move; to convey

godan ~ぶ verb:

• to come; to go - usu. as お運びになる, お運び下さる, etc. - honorific language ➜ 足を運ぶ

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to wield (a tool, etc.); to use

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to go (well, etc.); to proceed; to progress

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to say incorrectly; to use the wrong words; to make a slip of the tongue
• to forget to say; to miss one's chance to say

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to collect; to gather; to get together; to complete (a collection)
• to arrange; to put in order; to prepare; to get ready
• to make uniform; to make even; to match

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing; to sway
• to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to shock; to upset
• to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch) - Baseball term

expression:

• it is to be regretted that ...; it is a pity that ...; it is unfortunately that ...

noun:

• sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword)
• rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term