godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

noun:

• preface; introduction ➜ 前置き
• lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up
• payment in advance (by bank transfer) - abbreviation ➜ 前振込み
• swinging (one's body) forward

noun:

• top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down

noun / ~する noun:

• going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating
• going and coming back

noun:

• upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people
• first and second volumes

noun:

• spot the difference (puzzle); photo hunt

noun:

• extremely important or once in a lifetime (request); only once in one's lifetime - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a guilty conscience; to have (something) lie heavy on one's conscience

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to crush (with one's hands)
• to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration); to pigeonhole; to smother

noun:

• year of a person's birth ［せいねん］

noun / prefix noun:

• number of years since one's birth; age - e.g. 生年35歳

expression / ichidan verb:

• to dream of making a fortune at one stroke; to dream of getting rich quickly

noun:

• chamber; room
• home of a monk; monk ➜ 坊・坊
• Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

noun:

• cash offering made on the occasion of one's visit to a shrine; money offering dedicated to the Shinto gods; fees for offering a branch of the sacred tree to the gods

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いきじめ］ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to tread (a nail) into the sole of one's foot; to tread through (the floor)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

expression / noun:

• my lord; my master; one's own lord; one's own master - in kyogen, etc.

noun:

• (of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents - sensitive
• (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later
• (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port

noun:

• (establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)

noun:

• client separation; block relay; facility to stop intercommunication between devices sharing a router - IT term - From English "privacy separator"

noun:

• stitched side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such a stitched side ➜ 襴・闕腋
• robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials

expression:

• the beauties of nature as the key poetic theme; the central theme in composing poetry (haiku) must be the beauties of nature and the harmony that exist between nature and man. (The slogan of the Hototogisu School of modern Japanese haiku) - four character idiom ➜ 花鳥風月

noun:

• embouchure; position and use of the lips, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument - From French
• mouthpiece of a musical instrument

noun / ~する noun:

• raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; search-and-kill mission; search-and-destroy mission; military action without a predetermined target; attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises

noun:

• shortstop; short - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 遊撃手

expression:

• one becomes sleepy when one's stomach is full; full stomach, sleepy head; when the skin of the belly is extended, the skin of the eyes droops [literal] - proverb

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die
• to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)