godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to coagulate; to curdle; to clot
• to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to be bigoted
• to stiffen; to become stiff

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be ill; to suffer from - esp. 患う
• to worry about; to be concerned about ［煩う］

auxiliary verb / godan ~う verb:

• to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ... - esp. 煩う, after the -masu stem of a verb

noun:

• determined purpose
• an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought) - Buddhism term
• a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu) - Buddhism term ➜ 浄土宗

noun:

• impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch - four character idiom

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to advance; to go forward
• to precede; to go ahead (of)
• to make progress; to improve
• to deepen; to heighten
• to be fast (of a clock); to be ahead
• to do of one's own free will ➜ 進んで

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel ➜ 末枯れる【うらがれる】
• to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to run (of liquid); to spread
• to blur; to blot; to be blurred
• to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
• to show through (of feelings, emotions, etc.); to reveal itself

noun / ~する noun:

• reserve; constraint; restraint; modesty; diffidence; hesitation; holding back; discretion; tact; thoughtfulness
• declining; refraining
• forethought; foresight - orig. meaning

noun:

• portable shrine (carried in festivals) - esp. 神輿 ➜ お神輿
• palanquin ［みこし］ - esp. 御輿 - honorific language ➜ 輿
• buttocks; lower back; waist; hips ［みこし］ - esp. sitting down, getting up, etc. - usually written using kana alone ➜ みこしを据える【みこしをすえる】・腰

noun / ~する noun:

• going about immersed or absorbed; pacing back and forth meditatively; being deep in thought

noun / adjectival noun:

• self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others

noun:

• placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt

noun:

• aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser ➜ ウケを狙う

noun:

• layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world
• local manners; modern customs

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• common; popular
• vulgar; low Antonym: 雅【が】

noun:

• companies exploiting debtors by forcing them to make expensive credit card purchases and buying the purchases at a fraction of the price

noun:

• advancing money; temporary payment for someone else; payment on behalf of another party, with the expectation of being reimbursed later

noun:

• explanatory notes (at the start of a book); introductory remarks; usage guide (e.g. of a dictionary)
• legend (on maps, drawings, etc.) ➜ キャプション

noun:

• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a forum, blog, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing

noun:

• peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures

noun:

• a month or older
• back numbers of a monthly

noun:

• hair which is combed back or puffed up or teased

noun:

• back light; backlight; backlite; backup light

expression:

• already embarked (and hence cannot go back); already started