noun:

• red Fuji; when Mt Fuji appears red because of the sun's rays (esp. in the early morning from late summer to early autumn)

noun:

• official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period)
• titled lady (legal wife of an important official) - honorific language - abbreviation ➜ 北の政所
• government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)
• clerk working for large temples and shrines

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be fragrant; to smell (good) - usu. 匂う
• to stink; to smell (bad) - usu. 臭う
• to glow; to be bright
• to smack of; to show hints of

~する noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• to be weary; to be worn out; to be tired - onomatopoeia
• to be fed up (with); to be sick of - onomatopoeia
• to be dejected; to be dispirited; to be disheartened - onomatopoeia

expression:

• intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy [literal] - idiom

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow wild; to run to waste; to become degenerate
• to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to deteriorate (of skill)

godan ~む verb / auxiliary verb / intransitive verb:

• to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe - usu. after -masu stem

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be ready; to be prepared; to be arranged
• to be in order; to be put in order; to be well-ordered; to be well-proportioned; to be harmonious
• to be adjusted; to be regulated; to be refined (e.g. of a face)
• to be settled (e.g. treaty, contract); to be completed

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to draw; to paint; to sketch ➜ 書く
• to depict; to describe ［えがく］
• to picture in one's mind; to imagine
• to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to try and reach above one's station and fail; to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail; a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns) [literal] - idiom ➜ 猿猴捉月

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to boil; to seethe
• to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to cascade down
• to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit); to seethe (esp. blood)

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit) - abbreviation ➜ 身八つ口

noun:

• band

~する noun:

• to perform in a band; to create a (pop) band

noun:

• The Bund (Shanghai, China)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say ➜ 所謂【いわゆる】

noun:

• open-pit coal mine; open-cut coal mine

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel
• to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension); to remove (e.g. doubt)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to place persons opposite; to come face to face with
• to compare (with); to check (against); to match; to tally

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish
• to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

noun / ~する noun:

• letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader
• contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.) ➜ 投稿

noun / adverb:

• (being) about to start out; (being) about to leave - usu. 出掛けに, etc. ➜ お出掛け
• having just left; (being) on the way

lower nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to end; to be finished; to be exhausted - archaism ➜ 果てる
• to die; to perish - archaism ➜ 果てる

auxiliary verb:

• to do utterly; to do completely; indicates an extreme has been reached - archaism ➜ 果てる

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to drag along; to pull
• to force someone along
• to prolong; to drag out
• to influence strongly; to seduce

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to chase; to run after; to pursue; to follow after
• to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.)
• to drive out; to get rid of; to oust; to expel
• to drive (e.g. a herd)
• to be pressed (e.g. for time) - in passive voice

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to spare (oneself); to be weary of; to shun; to dislike (an activity, an environment); to hate (an activity)
• to take (good) care of

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to (seem) eager to; to want to; to be anxious to - not used in the first person; たい with がる affixed ➜ たい・がる

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to