noun:

• cup of sake used to drink to the establishment of a partnership, commitment to marriage, etc.; nuptial cup of sake

expression:

• better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are; refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty [literal] - proverb

noun:

• metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs
• cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds)

noun:

• life; life force - sometimes written as 生命 ➜ 生命
• lifetime; lifespan
• most important thing; foundation; core
• paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love) - archaism
• fate; destiny; karma - archaism

noun:

• figure; design
• twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes ［綾］
• style (of writing); figure (of speech)
• design; plot; plan
• minor market fluctuation; technical correction
• cat's cradle - abbreviation ➜ 綾取り【あやとり】
• lease rod (in a loom) - abbreviation ➜ 綾竹

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to flick out; to spring out; to repel
• to calculate; to work out - orig. on an abacus
• to expel (from a group); to drive out; to ostracize
• to raise funds

noun:

• making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority); taking tally; number-crunching

noun:

• bout that goes according to a wrestler's strategy; match that goes according to one's plan - four character idiom - Sumo term

adverb:

• unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain ➜ 頭ごなし

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to reheat; to steam over
• to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up; to rehash

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to collude (with); to conspire (with)
• to make friends with; to get along well with
• to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to redeem; to take out of pawn
• to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage (by paying off her debt to her employer) ➜ 身請け

noun:

• matrilineal emperor of Japan; emperor (either male or female) whose mother is (was) a member of the Imperial family but whose father is (was) not - four character idiom ➜ 女性天皇

noun:

• person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance) ➜ 立方【たちかた】
• person singing ballads (in noh)
• coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore
• the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area - archaism

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose
• to steal ➜ 盗る
• to eat; to have (a meal) ➜ 摂る
• to remove (one's glasses, etc.) - also written as 脱る
• to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

noun:

• same period of last year; the same month a year ago; year-ago month

noun:

• notification of separation from family register; notification of creation of a new family register

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people

noun:

• group of languages (i.e. the Romance languages, considered as a subset of the Italic languages)
• group of words

noun / suffix:

• idiot; fool; touched in the head (from); out of it (from); space case
• funny man (of a comedy duo); (in comedy) silly or stupid line ➜ 漫才・突っ込み【つっこみ】
• Alzheimer's (impol)

noun:

• compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison
• as I see it; by my estimate - colloquialism

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be evasive; to give an evasive answer
• to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate
• to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation
• to make do with

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:

• Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; ivy morning glory
• any funnel shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); funnel-shaped urinal

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to have evidence; to get a lead - idiom
• to grab by the tail [literal]