godan ~す verb:

• to read to (for) someone

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to read smoothly; to skim

godan ~む verb:

• to reread; to read again

ichidan verb:

• to fail to read correctly

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change; to alter
• to run counter to; to go against; to break (one's word)
• to make a mistake (in); to err

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to loosen; to slacken Antonym: 締める
• to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relieve (tension)
• to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions); to loosen (control)
• to reduce (speed); to slow down; to ease up
• to make more gradual (of a slope)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior) - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put (a person) in a fix

expression / ichidan verb:

• to provide (a person) with a bodyguard

expression:

• following (a person to a place)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to grant a person a moment

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise one's hand or hands - usu. 手を挙げる
• to surrender - usu. 手を上げる
• to raise a hand to someone (as a threat to strike) - usu. 手を上げる
• to improve - usu. 手を上げる ➜ 腕を上げる

noun:

• scatterbrain; absent-minded person; careless person; thoughtless person
• rash person; hasty person

noun / ~する noun:

• delivery; grant; handing (a ticket) to (a person)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to exorcise a fox spirit (from a person)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to ask a question of (a person)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; to light one's fingernail (instead of a candle) [literal]

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose
• to steal ➜ 盗る
• to eat; to have (a meal) ➜ 摂る
• to remove (one's glasses, etc.) - also written as 脱る
• to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

noun:

• forty-ninth day after a person's death - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• whispering into a person's ear

noun:

• record of a person's words and deeds

noun:

• lucky-number request (the person who is the Nth visitor to a web site gets to make a request, e.g. for a custom drawing, where N is a special number like 10000) - from キリ番 and リクエスト - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ キリ番・リクエスト

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to awaken; to arouse from sleep
• to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of)
• to sober up
• to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil ［醒ます］ ➜ 冷ます【さます】