expression / ichidan verb:

• to take measures; to take steps; to take action; to make a move

noun:

• candy stick; stick candy; candy on a stick (e.g. lollipop); cylindrical candy

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear ［案じる］ ➜ 案ずる
• to investigate; to consider; to plan ➜ 案ずる・一計を案じる
• to pat; to rub; to take a sword in one's hand ［按じる］

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear ［案ずる］ ➜ 案じる
• to investigate; to consider; to plan ➜ 案じる
• to pat; to rub; to take a sword in one's hand ［按ずる］

adverb / ~の noun / noun:

• without change; as it is; as it was

~の noun / noun:

• just like; extremely similar

adverb:

• immediately; just after; without a pause

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to stop an inside seam rolling about; to press open a seam (and open the left and right sides out)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to divide
• to cut; to halve; to separate; to split; to rip
• to break; to crack; to smash
• to dilute
• to fall below
• to discount
• to step over (a line, etc.)

noun:

• Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen) - called けいさく in Rinzai Zen, きょうさく in Soto Zen - abbreviation ➜ 警覚策励・座禅
• horsewhip ［けいさく］

noun:

• merchant; trader
• expert (professional) in a given trade or profession; shrewd businessman; expert
• woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine ➜ 商売女・水商売

noun:

• diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow); diligent study

noun:

• very bad condition; awful state; terrible situation; in the shit - usu. as どつぼにはまる ➜ どつぼにはまる
• night-soil reservoir dug in a field ➜ 野壺【のつぼ】
• night-soil pot - orig. meaning
• earthenware vessel; earthen urn - obscure term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to eat
• to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

expression:

• there is no God!; it's a cruel world; there is no god or Buddha [literal] - idiom

noun:

• blue green damselfish (Chromis viridis, a damselfish from the Indo-Pacific); blue-green chromis

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to kick free; to kick loose; to kick away - archaism
• to kick open (e.g. a sliding door) - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to lay the foundation for (e.g. a theory); to lay the basis for

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be really good (at something); to be as good as a professional - slang

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to melt (to a liquid)
• to be enchanted with; to be charmed; to be bewitched

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to set free; to let go; to release
• to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away; to fail to catch

noun:

• place exposed to winds which blow up from below (usu. a beach); beach exposed to sea winds
• fountain

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting); to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on ➜ 鉄槌【てっつい】

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around
• to take part in a pitching duel - Baseball term