ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up - often ...に期待を...

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to restrict; to limit; to confine

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to
• to be best (for); to be the best plan; to be the only way (to) - as ...は...に限る

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool
• to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with

expression / ichidan verb:

• to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

adverb:

• in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it ➜ 詰まり【つまり】

noun:

• the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki) - abbreviation
• western nations (esp. India or Europe)
• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara ➜ 西国三十三所
• a pilgrimage of these temples ➜ 西国巡礼

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.)
• to cower; to shrink in on oneself

noun / ~の noun:

• flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom
• the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty
• booming or peaking (in popularity)

expression:

• as far as the eye can reach; as far as the eye can see

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to be matched against
• to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have luck on one's side; to get lucky ➜ 芽が出る【めがでる】
• to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise) ➜ 目の玉が飛び出る

noun:

• last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usually February 3 or 4); holiday for end of winter (accompanied by a bean scattering ceremony)
• last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar) - original meaning

expression / noun:

• closure (of a road); suspension of traffic

expression:

• Road closed (on a sign); Closed to traffic; No through road

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to use completely; to use up; to exhaust
• to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone) ➜ 愛想を尽かす

noun:

• opening section of a Chinese poem or essay (in which the topic is broached); broaching the topic of a poem or essay in its opening lines

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lean (to one side); to incline
• to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be concentrated on
• to be partial; to be biased; to be prejudiced

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to be matched against
• to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

noun:

• peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu) - archaism ➜ 蝦夷
• provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)
• brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
• foreigner; barbarian - derogatory term

noun:

• type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish; type of long chopsticks used to hold the fish in carving knife ceremony

expression:

• don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me ➜ やがる

noun:

• renting a house in the same block of houses as somebody else ➜ 相借家【あいじゃくや】
• person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself ➜ 相借家【あいじゃくや】

noun:

• renting a house in the same block of houses as somebody else ➜ 相店【あいだな】
• person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself ➜ 相店【あいだな】

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to
• to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake
• to take hold of; to possess; to haunt - of an illness, demon, etc.
• to approach (a person); to deal with (someone)