godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drink away one's money; to be a sot; to get wasted
• to drink someone under the table

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes
• to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after
• to have lingering effects

expression:

• to (an extent); up to; so far as; even - more emphatic than まで ➜ 迄【まで】
• doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ... - usu. as 〜までもない
• even if ... - usu. as 〜ないまでも

godan ~く verb:

• to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end

noun:

• demon of the sixth heaven in the realm of desire who tries to prevent people from doing good - Buddhism term ➜ 四魔

noun:

• shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine - honorific language - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• inner pleat; the raising of fabric up in the middle to marry bottom edges of yukata and kimono

noun:

• Shogitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government who fought in the battle of Ueno) ➜ 上野戦争

noun:

• Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China from 304 to 439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period

ichidan verb:

• to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to accept ➜ 貰う
• could you (give me); would you; can you - after the -te form of a verb as もらえないか, もらえますか, etc.

noun:

• servant; valet; footman
• someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family - archaism
• low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Rituryo system) - archaism
• ox-tender for oxcarts; horse boy - archaism
• honorary junior official of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies involved in miscellaneous duties related to ceremonies ➜ 宮内省

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to make (a promise); to conclude (a contract)
• to act as a go-between; to act as mediator
• to curry favour with - usu. as ご機嫌を取り結ぶ

noun / ~する noun:

• second helping; another cup; seconds ➜ 代わり【かわり】

interjection:

• command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand ➜ お手【おて】

noun:

• principle of nationality (according to which an offender should be tried in accordance with the law of his or her own country) ➜ 属地主義

noun:

• special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play

noun / ~する noun:

• toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something)
• drinking one's glass dry

interjection:

• cheers

noun:

• doer; performer
• protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; leading part; main character - usually written using kana alone
• speculator (in trading) ［仕手］

noun:

• homosexual prostitute who sold favors at banquets, etc. (late Edo) - archaism ➜ 若衆【わかしゅ】
• actor-in-training in kabuki - archaism

noun:

• nap room (e.g. for doctors in an emergency ward, or firefighters in a fire station)

noun:

• ridged wooden bench used in SM practices (and in the Edo period for torturing female prisoners)

noun:

• dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district

noun:

• juvenile Japanese sea perch (usu. 2-3 years in age and 40-60 cm in length) ➜ 鱸

noun:

• earplug (traditional jewellery worn in the earlobe, popular in Han-dynasty China) - archaism