expression / ichidan verb:

• to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own - often in neg.

noun:

• steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period)
• administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods) ➜ 政所

noun:

• free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)

noun / ~する noun:

• hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding - four character idiom

~と adverb / adjectival noun / noun:

• deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; still; hushed; empty

adjectival noun / noun:

• inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; flat; off-season; quiet; dull
• idle; free; unoccupied

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to spur on; to urge forward; to impel
• to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat ［打ち勝つ・打勝つ］
• to overcome (a difficulty)
• to out-hit ［打ち勝つ・打勝つ］

godan ~す verb:

• to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to deceive somebody into believing (e.g. that black is white); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand; to rise; to stand up ［立つ］
• to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position) ［立つ］
• to depart (on a plane, train, etc.) - usu. 発つ

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish
• to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

ichidan verb / transitive:

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

ichidan verb:

• to scatter; to disperse
• to spend on; to squander (e.g. one's fortune)
• to chase away (e.g. one's worries); to kill (pain)

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to scatter; to disperse
• to spend on; to squander (e.g. one's fortune)
• to chase away (e.g. one's worries); to kill (pain)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be crowded with people; to be bustling with
• to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to draw in; to take in; to retract
• to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip - colloquialism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to eat; to drink; to smoke ➜ 喫する
• to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive (e.g. a blow)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten Antonym: 増やす

~する verb (spec.):

• to reach; to get to; to arrive at

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate