godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told - humble language
• to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to visit - humble language
• to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.) - from 御機嫌を伺う

expression:

• sleep brings up a child well; a well-slept child is a well-kept child - proverb

noun:

• role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to dash off (a piece of writing); to scribble; to scrawl

godan ~る verb:

• to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions - colloquialism

noun:

• member (esp. of a criminal organization); gang member; gangster; yakuza; crime syndicate member

expression:

• by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident

expression:

• You must seize every golden opportunity; Strike while the iron is hot; When you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price - four character idiom

godan ~す verb:

• to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell

godan ~る verb:

• to slam into (e.g. a wall, a limit) (figuratively); to hit
• to face (e.g. trouble, a problem); to confront

noun:

• establishing something (e.g. a company or a religious order) by oneself; company or religious order founded in such a way - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• indirect translation; translation of a translation

adverb / ~の noun:

• for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

noun / suffix noun:

• line; stripe; stria
• line (e.g. telephone line); wire
• ray (e.g. X-ray); beam ➜ Ｘ線
• line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane
• outline; contours; form
• level
• division
• line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle ➜ いい線
• impression one leaves; air one gives off ➜ 線が太い・線が細い

noun:

• disco dancing with synchronized arm motions

~と adverb:

• falling in (large) drops (e.g. rain, hail); sprinkle (e.g. rain, salt); pattering; clattering (e.g. hail) - onomatopoeia
• flipping through a book; thumbing through a book; riffling cards - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adjectival noun:

• sparse; scattered (e.g. clumps of grass) - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / ~の noun:

• crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese, non-sticky rice); loose and falling apart - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• at a stroke; with a single swoop

noun / ~する noun:

• having a medical exam; seeing a doctor

noun / ~する noun:

• founding a temple (on a hill-top)

noun / ~する noun:

• lighting (a lamp); turning on a light ➜ 消灯

noun / ~する noun:

• observing a performance in a large group

noun / ~する noun:

• offering a full report to a superior

noun / ~する noun:

• information; making a report (to a superior)

noun:

• a pass allowing one through a gate

noun:

• a complete turnabout via a single blow

noun:

• winning a championship with a perfect record - four character idiom - Sumo term