godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about

expression:

• as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain - four character idiom

noun:

• without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end - four character idiom

noun:

• monkey banana (var. of wild banana in the Philippines and Okinawa) (Musa acuminata 'Seniorita'); seniorita banana; var. of banana producing small fruit - From English "monkey banana"

expression:

• let bygones be bygones; the past is the past, the present is the present [literal] - proverb

noun:

• the six domains of the desire realm; the six heavens of the desire realm - Buddhism term ➜ 欲界

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot (fig. only); to start a conversation

noun:

• each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way

noun:

• hard-liners; diehards; hawks

noun / adjectival noun:

• (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; man's man

noun:

• hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs

noun / adjectival noun:

• strait-laced type (with respect to relationships)

noun:

• bullish traders

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to find out; to discover; to notice; to detect
• to select; to pick out
• to look out (from the inside)
• to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

expression:

• from the start; from the beginning; from the outset

expression:

• like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the child of a frog is a frog [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands

expression:

• the style is the man; the style is the man himself - from a quote by Georges-Louis Leclerc - proverb

noun:

• symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk)
• turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character - later printed as 〓

noun:

• dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder) - Food term

noun:

• the other side of a river
• the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live - sensitive

noun:

• ability to take proper steps to meet the situation; ability to adapt oneself to (the requirement of) the moment - four character idiom

noun:

• colouring; coloring; shade of colour; shade of color
• sex appeal (esp. women); interest in the opposite sex; sensuality; seductiveness; glamor; glamour; sexual passion
• romance; poetry; charm
• desire; interest; inclination; ambition

noun:

• language spoken by the Emishi ➜ 蝦夷【えぞ】
• languages spoken by the nanban during the Edo Period (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch) ➜ 南蛮【なんばん】
• foreign language

noun:

• small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival) ➜ 宵宮

godan ~ぶ verb:

• to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

noun:

• in name and in reality; nominally and virtually; form and contents