godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to draw back; to sink; to cave in
• to be set back (e.g. from a road)
• to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it

godan ~る verb:

• to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ... - idiom ➜ 轍を踏む

expression / ichidan verb:

• to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step ➜ 歩調を揃える

noun / ~の noun:

• at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step")

noun:

• gait; pace; step

~の noun:

• most recent; current

pronoun:

• you; thou

noun:

• flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable - idiom

noun:

• someone who has a title but no real duty; useless person ➜ 取り巻き
• actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background (in kabuki) - original meaning ➜ 大名

noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot ➜ 徒侍
• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period) ➜ 徒士組【かちぐみ】

noun / ~する noun:

• down (opposite of up); becoming lower; being brought down; bringing down
• being down (e.g. with a cold) and unable to continue (work)
• down (e.g. a system); not running (e.g. servers) - IT term
• download; downstream - abbreviation - IT term

noun:

• down (feathers)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get into an argument; to come to discuss
• to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious

noun:

• primary colour; primary color
• pure color; unmixed color; striking color
• original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to fail to hear something; to miss
• to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide

noun:

• groom; footman; stableman; equerry
• steward; intendant
• head of an institution, esp. religious; head of one institution serving also as the head of another - archaism

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to distribute; to arrange; to allot (to a position of authority, etc.) ➜ 配る
• to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating)
• to marry off - archaism
• to exile; to banish - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to distribute; to arrange; to allot (to a position of authority, etc.) ➜ 配する
• to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating)
• to marry off
• to exile; to banish

noun:

• study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation)
• English literature; British studies

~くる verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive

~くる verb (spec.) / intransitive verb / auxiliary verb:

• to come back; to do ... and come back ➜ 行って来る
• to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue

~くる verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
• to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...") ➜ と来たら

noun:

• dance where a female dancer dresses up as a man (late Heian to early Kamakura period)
• noh dance performed by a man without a mask

noun:

• kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)

expression:

• one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study; one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use; one cannot know the delicious taste of fine food without eating it [literal] - proverb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to cause to embrace; to combine; to conjoin
• to sell strong-selling products and poorly selling products together as a package

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to qualify (as); to have the qualifications (for ...); to be entitled to; to have a claim (for)

noun / ~する noun:

• purchase; buying; buying out

noun / ~する noun / transitive:

• buying used articles as a company; trade-in; buy back

noun / ~する noun:

• purchase on a no-return policy

noun:

• lump-sum payment; flat fee

noun:

• the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period ➜ 摂関