godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to slip out; to sneak away; to break free; to get through (a difficult situation)
• to break into the lead; to get ahead
• to begin to fall out (e.g. hair)
• to break out (of a loop) - IT term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out
• to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from
• to scold; to criticize severely; to lay into
• to train ruthlessly; to give punishing training
• to strain (one's voice)
• to gather up (a curtain)

noun:

• young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony)
• young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute)
• younger partner in a homosexual relationship ➜ 念者【ねんしゃ】

expression / adjective:

• not to be able to keep one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body; not to be able to maintain one's fortune

noun:

• leader of a (large) group ➜ 小頭
• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp ➜ 大纛
• leader of a (large) group
• puffbird (any bird of family Bucconidae) - usually written using kana alone
• first makushita rikishi listed on the banzuke - Sumo term

expression:

• There's no point in staying (here) any longer; There's no point in prolonging a (the) visit; There's no point in extending one's stay - four character idiom

noun:

• jar; pot; vase
• dice cup
• depression (i.e. the basin of a waterfall)
• target (when aiming an arrow) - archaism
• (figurative) bull's-eye - usually written using kana alone ➜ 思うつぼ
• key point (of a conversation, etc.) - usually written using kana alone
• acupuncture point; moxibustion point - usually written using kana alone
• nodes on a fingerboard (of a shamisen, etc.) - often ツボ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• bedding; bed - archaism ➜ 枕席

noun / ~する noun:

• to sleep together in the same bed - archaism
• to sleep together using each other's bodies as pillow - archaism
• to sleep together using books as a pillow - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to put back up; to stand back up
• to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to reorganize; to rearrange; to put right; to recover; to put back on its feet
• to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate; to revise

noun:

• lucky person; someone who made a lot of money (e.g. gambling or on the stock market)
• skilled batter; batter on a hot streak - Baseball term
• accident faker; someone who jumps in front of cars on purpose to extort money
• barbershop

noun / ~する noun:

• making one's debut; making one's first appearance - esp. 顔見せ
• (just) showing one's face; showing up - esp. 顔見せ ➜ 顔を見せる
• introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors) - esp. 顔見世
• December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform - esp. 顔見世 ➜ 顔見世狂言

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter
• to be sooty; to be smoke-stained ［くすぶる・ふすぶる］
• to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder ［くすぶる］
• to seclude oneself ［くすぶる・ふすぶる］
• to live in obscurity; to stay in the same level (of social position, circumstances, etc.) ［くすぶる］

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to have someone hold; to let someone have; to give
• to have someone carry; to send with someone
• to keep; to preserve
• to have someone pay (e.g. the bill); to burden someone with
• to raise someone's hopes

noun:

• drawing a tile from the wall - Mahjong term - From Chinese
• win with a self-drawn tile - Mahjong term
• winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (yaku); winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 門前清自摸和

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to feel self-conscious; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet; to get the jitters
• to be startled; to be surprised; to be shocked; to feel frightened; to be spooked - colloquialism
• to be shy; to be bashful - archaism

noun:

• 2:00 to 2:30 AM; 3:00 to 3:30 AM
• dead of night; middle of the night; midnight

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower Antonym: 上がる
• to hang; to dangle
• to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire
• to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded
• to get closer to the present day
• to go south - in Kyoto

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to follow; to pursue; to chase; to run after
• to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one
• to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to draw back; to sink; to cave in
• to be set back (e.g. from a road)
• to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it

noun:

• thing; matter
• incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
• circumstances; situation; state of affairs
• work; business; affair
• after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to

suffix noun:

• nominalizing suffix ➜ 事【ごと】
• pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... ➜ 事【ごと】

noun / suffix noun:

• alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as - esp. as ＡことＢ or ＡとはＢのことだ (Ａ alias, Ｂ formal)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of; to strike on; to hit on an answer; to seize the crux of a problem

noun / ~する noun:

• (the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior)
• one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.)
• trial service (of a servant)

noun:

• hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow) - onomatopoeia
• rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; googly eyes
• rattling sound

adjectival noun / noun:

• upper part

noun:

• upper stream; upper course of a river ［かみて］
• right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV) ［かみて］

adjectival noun / noun:

• skillful (only in comparisons); dexterity (only in comparisons) ［うわて］

noun:

• over-arm grip on opponent's belt ［うわて］ - Sumo term

noun:

• high-ranking noh actor ➜ 能太夫
• head of a school of noh performance
• high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period)
• jōruri narrator; manzai narrator ➜ 浄瑠璃・万歳【まんざい】
• female role actor in kabuki ➜ 女形
• low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine ➜ 御師
• lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank) ［太夫］