godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to place on (something); to take on board; to give a ride to

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to wash; to cleanse; to rinse
• to inquire into; to investigate
• to purify (one's heart)
• to lave (e.g. shore); to wash over (e.g. deck); to sweep

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down
• to send flying; to strike; to fling; to fire
• to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
• to drive at terrific speed; to barrel along

expression:

• How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

expression:

• How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

noun:

• clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water) - four character idiom

noun:

• A, B, C and D; first, second, third and fourth

noun:

• deep design and forethought; a farsighted and deeply-laid plan - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• being protean and elusive; appear and disappear like a phantom - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• pension (esp. public servant's)

noun:

• a lord giving a land holding to a vassal - archaism ➜ 恩地

noun / ~する noun:

• prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning

noun:

• ceramics with a blue pattern on a white background

noun:

• stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence
• radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily) ➜ 基【き】
• root - Mathematics term
• indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs) - Buddhism term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to turn on an electric light; to switch on a light

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to) - idiom

expression:

• (deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime - usu. as 足元から鳥が立つように - idiom

noun:

• poem (esp. tanka); song; composition of a poem or song
• pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn - Buddhism term ➜ 御詠歌
• singing a poem or song in a loud voice

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow timid; to cower; to shrink; to lose one's nerve
• to become perverse; to become contrary; to become warped; to become withdrawn
• to be cramped; to be constrained

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to comply with; to live up to ➜ 沿う
• to accompany; to go with; to stay by one's side
• to associate with (someone); to mix with
• to marry; to wed - esp. 添う
• to be added - esp. 添う

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to bite at; to snap at; to nibble ➜ 食いつく【くいつく】
• to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into ➜ 食いつく【くいつく】

noun:

• worthiness as an opponent or challenge

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to place (in position); to fix; to set (e.g. table); to lay (foundation)
• to install; to seat (someone) ➜ 上座に据える
• to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
• to apply (moxa)

noun / ~する noun:

• striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt

noun:

• duty and humanity; (a sense of) moral obligation and humane feelings - four character idiom

noun:

• specimen prepared on a glass slide for use with a microscope - From German "Präparat"

noun:

• family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis