ichidan verb / transitive:

• to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to
• to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above

expression / ichidan verb:

• to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown) ➜ 思いを致す

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled
• to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to cut deep into
• to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to raid; to attack
• to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

noun:

• blue dragon ➜ 青竜
• Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens) ➜ 青竜
• seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿
• large horse with a bluish-leaden coat
• shape of an old pine tree

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to grab a person by his vulnerable spot; to curry favour with one's superior; to curry favor with one's superior

noun:

• imperial palace; shrine - honorific language
• Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager
• woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child
• elderly woman of imperial lineage

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe
• to govern; to manage; to control; to administer
• to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands) ［つかねる］

noun / ~の noun:

• number one; first; first place

adverb:

• best; most

noun:

• game; round; bout

adverb:

• as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively ➜ 試しに

noun:

• song (e.g. in noh); piece

noun:

• main text (as opposed to any included commentary or annotations)
• authentic text (e.g. of a treaty, as opposed to any translation not specified as authentic) - Law term
• Chinese classical literature

noun:

• putting on a knowing air when one only knows the title of the book (play, etc.); pretending to understand the nature of something when one only knows its name - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be arrested; to be apprehended
• to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to; to adhere to; to be swayed by - usually written using kana alone

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to joke; to jest; to kid; to josh
• to make fun of; to laugh at; to play a prank
• to romp; to gambol; to frolic; to frisk; to mess around; to fool around; to screw around
• to neck; to make out

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on
• to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope - idiom

noun:

• card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta) ➜ 読み札

noun:

• wide-mouthed ceramic vessel having a small hole in its spherical base (into which bamboo was probably inserted to pour liquids)
• teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids ➜ 半挿【はんぞう】

noun:

• bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation - four character idiom

expression:

• onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead [literal]

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal]; good luck does not always repeat itself - proverb

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to use
• to deal with (an issue); to manage
• to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
• to deal in; to carry; to sell

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be separated; to be apart; to be distant
• to leave; to go away
• to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up
• to lose connection with; to drift away from

lower nidan verb (archaic) / yodan ~る verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to be separated; to be apart; to be distant - archaism ➜ 離れる
• to leave; to go away - archaism ➜ 離れる
• to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up - archaism ➜ 離れる
• to lose connection with; to drift away from - archaism ➜ 離れる

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bring near; to bring close; to let go near
• to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to prick; to stab
• to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike
• to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.)
• to attack
• to brave (the rain, etc.)

noun:

• flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words - four character idiom