expression / godan ~る verb:

• to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty - from Uesugi Kenshin sending salt to his enemy, Takeda Shingen, when Takeda's salt supply had been cut off

adverb / pronoun:

• here and there; all around; everywhere; throughout; all over

~する noun:

• to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up ［あちこち・あちらこちら・あっちこっち・アチコチ］

noun:

• drumming in the streets to announce a tournament - Sumo term
• announcing an event by walking around in the streets beating a drum; drum used to announce an event by walking around in the streets

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to smash; to crush; to flatten
• to shut down; to put out of business; to force (a company) to close up shop
• to wreck; to break; to block; to thwart
• to butcher; to slaughter; to kill (livestock, for food)
• to kill (time); to while away (the time)
• to waste (e.g. talents)

noun:

• conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction ➜ 句形
• rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese ➜ 句形

noun:

• children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle ➜ 押し競べ【おしくらべ】

noun:

• wooden rods (square, used in a pair) used in Kansai-area rakugo (e.g. to mark scene changes); small clapper

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode
• to cut down (budget, expenses, salary, etc.); to curtail; to reduce
• to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out

expression / adverb:

• in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take someone's place; to step into someone's shoes; to succeed someone in his post ➜ 後釜

noun:

• road; path; street; lane; passage
• route; way
• distance; journey
• road (e.g. to victory); course
• way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles
• teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
• field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality
• means; way; method

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward; to be prone to
• to go down (sun); to wane; to sink; to decline

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward; to be prone to ➜ 傾く
• to go down (sun); to wane; to sink; to decline ➜ 傾く

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to search (for something desired, needed); to look for - esp. 探す
• to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime) - esp. 捜す

noun / ~する noun:

• entry; entering; applying to take part; registering to participate (in a competition, etc.)

noun:

• non-smokers' rights; right for nonsmokers to not be exposed to smoking in public space

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger) ➜ 白目【しろめ】
• to faint

noun:

• kun (in Chinese mythology, giant fish said to be able to turn into a bird) - archaism ➜ 鵬

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

noun:

• plain; field
• hidden (structural) member ［の］

prefix noun:

• wild ［の］ ➜ 野ウサギ
• lacking a political post ［や］

noun:

• field; farm - 良 is ateji

~の noun:

• rural; agricultural

prefix noun:

• stray (e.g. dog, cat)
• unauthorised (esp. smartphone application) ➜ 勝手【かって】

noun:

• pre-harvest estimate of a rice field's yield and selling price

noun:

• Mt Sumeru (in Buddhism - said to be the highest mountain rising in the center of the world) (centre)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tie; to fasten; to tighten Antonym: 緩める
• to wear (necktie, belt); to put on
• to total; to sum ➜ 〆る【しめる】
• to be strict with ➜ 緊める【しめる】
• to economize; to economise; to cut down on
• to salt; to marinate; to pickle; to make sushi adding a mixture of vinegar and salt

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way