godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to decorate with many bright colours (colors); to create a beautiful variegated pattern ［彩なす・綾なす］
• to manipulate skillfully

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to wheeze; to breathe with difficulty; to gasp

expression:

• empty vessels make the most noise; the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada [literal] - proverb

noun:

• mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house
• snow hut

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification

expression / ichidan verb:

• to find fault with; to rain on one's parade; to nitpick; to quibble

noun:

• near-field earthquake; local earthquake, esp. with a shallow focus directly under a populated area

noun:

• Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)
• white underside; white bottom; white inner - orig. meaning

noun / ~する noun:

• alliance (esp. originally of individual member states of the Six Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty) ➜ 合従・秦・六国

expression:

• super-low (description of a small truck with a low tray)

noun:

• even pitch; accentless pitch; Japanese pitch accent pattern with no drop from high to low pitch

adjectival noun / ~の noun / suffix:

• being fond of; having a liking for
• to the liking of; favored by; popular with

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make take part in some activity; to take along with you (w. negative associations)

noun:

• girl (usu. attractive) with glasses; glasses-wearing girl - manga slang

noun:

• sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki) - abbreviation - Food term ➜ 割り下地

expression:

• leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections - abbreviation

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• proceeding quickly; flying (of time); rapidly; with great strides
• running quickly (of a horse) - original meaning - archaism

expression / noun:

• leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections ➜ 責了

noun:

• tatami mat with a wooden plank for a core (used in tokonoma, etc.)
• wooden floor ➜ 板敷

noun:

• red dragon tile - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 紅中
• winning hand with a pung (or kong) of red dragon tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• bicycle decorated with anime characters; painful bicycle (i.e. painful to look at) - colloquialism - humorous term ➜ 痛車【いたしゃ】

noun:

• twisting of the truth in one's writing; playing with text to distort the truth

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to hold or operate with one's hands; to handle
• to find difficult to manage ➜ 持て余す

noun:

• east wind tile - Mahjong term
• winning hand with a pung (or kong) of east wind tiles - Mahjong term