noun:

• large flat wooden plank shaped like a fish, struck like a gong at temple to indicate time of day - Buddhism term

noun:

• beating of a drum as a signal to announce the opening (beginning) of an event (theatrical performance, festival, etc.)

noun:

• carrying over a bill from one Diet session to the next, being deliberated by a committee in the interim

expression:

• a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love) - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• killing one's catch on the spot (e.g. a bird)
• killing a fish immediately to preserve its freshness

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag; to deflate

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to stop up; to close up; to block (up); to plug up; to shut up; to cover (ears, eyes, etc.); to close (eyes, mouth)
• to stand in the way; to obstruct
• to occupy; to fill up; to take up
• to perform one's role; to do one's duty

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to feel depressed; to be in low spirits; to mope ➜ 鬱ぐ【ふさぐ】

noun:

• feast; treating (someone) - polite language ➜ 馳走

~する noun:

• to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition

noun:

• drums sounded in the morning to draw the crowds to a match - Sumo term

expression / godan ~ぬ verb:

• to die a natural death; to die in one's own bed - sensitive

expression:

• anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be in a miserable state; to be down and out

expression / ichidan verb:

• to excel in one thing; to be a master in an art

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hit something aimed at (maliciously); to hit a prize (lottery, etc.) ➜ 当てる・当てる

godan ~す verb:

• to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to go bar-hopping; to go on a pub crawl ➜ 飲み歩き

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to score points with (a person); to curry favor with (favour) - idiom ➜ 点数を稼ぐ【てんすうをかせぐ】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to marry into a family of rank; to marry money

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to settle (in a place); to settle down

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to cry loudly for a reform; to clamour for change ➜ 叫ぶ【さけぶ】

godan ~す verb:

• to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give a glance (at); to take one look at

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to keep a promise; to keep one's word ➜ 約束を破る