expression / ichidan verb:

• to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence ➜ 決め手に欠ける

noun:

• imperial prince's family; family of a prince of royal blood ➜ 親王

noun:

• state legislator; member of state parliament; member of a provincial assembly

noun:

• leading members of a party; party executive; party leadership; senior party members

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to attack all in a bunch; to attack all at once

noun:

• half of a piece of paper; half-size paper; (ticket) stub

expression / godan ~す verb:

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

noun / conjunction:

• opposite; opposition
• versus; vs.; v.
• to (e.g. "winning a game five to three")
• equal footing; equal terms
• against ...; anti-; toward ...; to ...

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to move up (e.g. date, rank, order); to be advanced Antonym: 繰り下がる
• to be carried (of a number in addition) - Mathematics term ➜ 繰り下がる

noun:

• pounding down earth around the roots of a tree
• adding short branches of flowers to the base of an arrangement in ikebana

noun:

• leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers
• food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food

noun:

• Edo-period unit of silver coinage ［銀目］
• steel-blue eyes (e.g. of a cat)
• silver eye (species of beardfish, Polymixia japonica) - usually written using kana alone - abbreviation ➜ 銀目鯛

noun:

• getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again - Sumo term
• starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one

noun:

• white vinegar; plum vinegar made without perilla ➜ ホワイトビネガー・梅酢【うめず】
• dressing consisting of a dashi-diluted mixture of vinegar, ground sesame, tofu, sugar and salt - Food term

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to finance; to maintain (e.g. a family)
• to give board; to provide meals

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; to locate; to identify
• to stab to death - archaism ➜ 突き殺す

noun:

• last spurt; home stretch; last part of a race or period of time where you give it your best effort

noun:

• dejected loser; dog that has lost a fight (with its tail between its legs) [literal]
• unmarried woman (with no children) over the age of 30 - slang - derogatory term ➜ お一人様【おひとりさま】

noun:

• being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another - four character idiom

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:

• postcards with the bottom third of the front side reserved for an advertisement, and sold at a lower cost than regular postcards

noun:

• wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist); pants worn in such a manner - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; canceling; shelf (i.e. "on the shelf") ➜ 蔵【くら】
• rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate

noun:

• five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner