godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one's respects
• to beg; to make a supplication
• to see (something or someone of high status) - sometimes used sarcastically in modern Japanese - humble language

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• tarsal (relating to the tarsus - a group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus)

noun:

• banishment (to a nearby province); the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

noun:

• debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual) Antonym: 債権

noun:

• former convict; old offender; ex-convict; person with a criminal record

noun:

• person who makes unreasonable complaints to a company; incessant complainer; chronic complainer - From English "claimer"

expression:

• a person's worth is assessed only when their coffin is sealed - idiom

noun:

• squatter; person who occupies a building or land without title or permission

expression / noun:

• chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone)
• to begin to talk; to start a conversation

noun:

• having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source ➜ 通

noun / ~する noun:

• on-the-spot filming or photography

noun:

• live filming (as opposed to animation); actual picture (as opposed to a drawing); photographic image (as opposed to a drawing, computer-generated image, etc.)
• real picture or story (as opposed to fiction, imaginary scene, etc.); describing actual scenes (in writing, drawings, paintings, etc.); documentary (film)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become unworldly; to stop keeping up with social norms; to be out of touch with reality ➜ 世間離れ

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hoop; to put a hoop on; to bind a barrel with hoops

noun:

• applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party

noun:

• drinker; person fond of alcohol (as opposed to sweets) ➜ 甘党
• person fond of spicy food - colloquialism

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money)
• to be omitted; to be missing
• to decrease; to sink
• to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.)
• to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind
• to become indecent (of a conversation)
• to be ruined; to go under
• to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) ➜ 狐が落ちる【きつねがおちる】
• to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession
• to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick)
• to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee
• to fall; to be defeated; to surrender
• to come to (in the end); to end in
• to fall (in love, asleep, etc.) ➜ 恋に落ちる【こいにおちる】・眠りに落ちる【ねむりにおちる】
• to swoon (judo)
• to consent; to understand ➜ 腑に落ちない【ふにおちない】
• to crash; to freeze - IT term
• to die - of animals
• to move to the depths - of fish when it gets cold

expression:

• family members should fall into line with the head of the family even if his taste is a little odd, like wearing a red eboshi, which is ordinarily black - proverb ➜ 烏帽子

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to decide on
• to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to catch (e.g. insects)
• to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample)
• to assume (an attitude)
• to take on (workers, students); to employ; to hire
• to draw in (e.g. water); to let in (e.g. light from a window)

noun:

• losing the means of livelihood
• a samurai's annual rice stipend being suspended - archaism
• (in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook

auxiliary:

• if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that - hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle
• as for; on the topic of ［なら］

conjunction:

• if that's the case; if so; that being the case - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ それなら
• if possible; if circumstances allow ［ならば］

noun:

• place containing a Buddhist image
• place containing a buddha (e.g. the pure land) ➜ 極楽・浄土
• independent workshop of Buddhist sculptors (from the Heian period onward) ➜ 造仏所

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)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to twist; to wrench; to turn (a switch on or off, etc.); to wring (a neck)
• to puzzle over
• to defeat easily

noun:

• control tower; conning tower
• leader; commander; person calling the shots
• playmaker; game maker - Sports term