expression / godan ~う verb:

• to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stab; to pierce; to run through (e.g. with a sword)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another

noun:

• k-car; kei car; lightweight car with low registration costs ➜ 軽自動車

noun / ~の noun:

• brand loyalty; brand-orientation; brand consciousness; infatuation with big-name brands

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to make progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance ➜ 捗【はか】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to relate to; to connect with

noun / ~する noun:

• being covered with water (i.e. in a flood); being submerged; being inundated; flooding

noun:

• dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; breaking or rushing into
• alcove

noun:

• small present; small token of appreciation; with compliments (e.g. written on small gift)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with

noun:

• Suika Shinto (fusion of Shinto with Chinese elements, esp. neo-Confucianism); Shidemasu Shinto

temporal noun:

• now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• fleshy; plump; chubby; corpulent

~する noun:

• to apply thickly; to slap on; to coat with something thick

noun:

• melon bread; half-melon shaped bun, flavored with artificial melon ➜ パン・メロン

noun:

• keen eyesight; the eyesight of Lilou (character with superior eyesight in ancient Chinese folklore) [literal] - archaism - idiom

expression:

• year after year; as the years go by; with each passing year

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to strip to one's waist
• to go at with might and main - idiom

noun:

• liquid egg; liquified eggs; liquefied eggs ➜ 液状卵
• cracked raw eggs (usu. with yolks still intact)

noun / ~する noun:

• scheme; device; scheming; devising; figuring out; coming up with; solving ingeniously
• dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

noun / ~する noun:

• settlement (financial); squaring accounts; clearing debts
• liquidation
• ending (a relationship); breaking up (with); burying (the past); redeeming (one's faults)

noun:

• parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother)
• (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)

noun:

• one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it - four character idiom

noun:

• plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes

noun:

• carriage beautifully decorated with gold, silver, gems, etc., for use by Heian era nobles at festivals and like activities