godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about

noun / ~する noun:

• house-sitting; house-sitter ➜ 留守番

noun:

• caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo era)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to turn over soil; to dig or plow up (plough)

noun:

• stupid plan; inane way of doing something
• (one's own) plan or project - humble language

noun:

• flake; chip
• speck or flake used for the production of stone tools

expression:

• In every game or play, differences in skill between individuals can be substantial - four character idiom

noun:

• confidence man; con man; company (or person) carrying out credit fraud

adjective:

• difficult to write or draw; does not write well (pen, brush, etc.)

expression / adjective:

• not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think

expression:

• knowing no bounds; showing no signs of stopping or slowing down

noun:

• late-autumn or early-winter dew
• "cold dew" solar term (approx. Oct. 8) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• foreign lands - derogatory term
• clans supposedly descended from foreign lineage (i.e. Chinese or Korean)

noun:

• defilement; impurity; affliction - Buddhism term
• object (perceived with the mind or the senses)

numeric:

• one billionth

noun:

• the three tones of Chinese that exclude the high-level, or first, tone

noun:

• treating someone (to food or drink); entertaining someone (as one's guest) - archaism

noun:

• mangrove (esp. the black mangrove, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza)
• tree with red leaves or flowers

noun:

• attaching (of seaweed or seed oysters) to nets for the purpose of cultivation

noun:

• fabric dyed, embroided or impressed so that the original fabric is completely covered

godan ~る verb:

• to be shrouded by darkness
• to fall into deep sadness or despair

noun:

• multi-layered glass (e.g. double or triple glazing); insulated glazing

noun:

• black silk or paper triangle worn over the forehead (usu. worn by children)

noun:

• dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened - slang

noun:

• having no end tiles or honor tiles and pinfu (common pair of yaku) - abbreviation - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 断ヤオ【タンヤオ】・平和【ピンフ】

noun:

• band of warriors (often formed from related or dependent families); group of samurai

noun:

• chrysanthemum taboo; taboo about criticizing or parodying the Japanese royal family