godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to weave a pattern; to begin to weave

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to commit a crime; to resort to crime

noun:

• tree form; tree shape; shape of a tree

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to get stuck (in); to lodge (in)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to protect; to guard; to defend
• to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow

noun:

• dash at the beginning of a short-distance race - From English "start dash"
• charging ahead at full strength from the beginning

noun:

• blood spilt from the body
• blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)

expression / noun:

• five-day workweek system; five-day school-week - sometimes 完全週休２日制
• having two days off in at least one week of a month

noun:

• sword hilt shaped similar to the handle of a vajra - archaism ➜ 金剛杵
• plain, wooden sword hilt (as opposed to those wrapped in sharkskin)

expression:

• expresses shock at misbehaviour of a youngster; what must his parents be like?; I'd like to see his parents' faces [literal]

noun:

• small fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt - Food term
• seafood pickled in soy (esp. squid) - Food term

noun / ~する noun:

• going in the opposite direction
• going against the wind
• running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)

noun:

• first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old) ➜ 宮参り

noun:

• legendary monster resembling a flying squirrel
• Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys) - orig. meaning ➜ ムササビ
• Japanese dish prepared with cooked fish and chicken - esp. 野衾 - Food term

noun:

• yo-yo fishing [literal]; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook

noun:

• general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session

noun:

• mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest
• mountains and forest

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to turn to delinquency; to turn to crime (of a child)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to rest against the wall; to lean against a wall

noun:

• plum blossom design; silk fabric with a plum blossom design - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• engraving a woodblock or seal
• woodblock or seal engraver

noun:

• expected date of confinement; expected delivery date (of a baby)

noun:

• green-sand casting; casting metal with a green-sand mould

noun:

• drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to have a pungent smell; to have an acrid smell