godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft
• to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to cover something with something
• to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

noun:

• knight - Shōgi term
• keima (in go); knight's move; stone placed at a knight's jump from another stone of the same color - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• using one's chopsticks to find a food one likes by rummaging in one's dish, pot, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems) [literal] - idiom ➜ 他山の石以て玉を攻むべし

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to place one's arms under those of the opponent and lift them up, in order to prevent an overhand grip on one's mawashi - Sumo term

noun:

• new moon - Astronomy term
• first day of the lunar month
• (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)

noun:

• palace kitchen in which final preparations to the imperial family's meals (e.g. reheating) were made (Heian period)
• kitchen (in a noble's manor)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to break off with (e.g. one's lover) - idiom
• to be sharp enough to cut one's skin (of a new banknote, etc.)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on

expression:

• with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like

expression / ichidan verb:

• to close one's eyes partly; to squint
• to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

noun / ~する noun:

• covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.; tying a cloth around one's head ➜ ほおかぶり

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to hold in one's arms
• to bring over a person to one's side; to involve

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

noun:

• resting one's chin in one's hands ➜ 頬杖をつく
• brace (in construction); angle brace ［ほおづえ］ ➜ 方杖

expression:

• it is none of one's business; it is not one's place to say (do) something - idiom

noun:

• forced reduction of a daimyo's land by the Edo Shogunate; curtailment of a daimyo's domain - archaism

~の noun / noun:

• once in an emperor's reign; event that takes place only once in a sovereign's reign - four character idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it - idiom

noun:

• visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day

noun / ~する noun:

• carrying out one's duties
• ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege

noun:

• territory given by one's liege; fief; fiefdom

adverb:

• with all one's strength; with all one's heart; to the utmost ➜ 思い切り【おもいきり】

noun:

• resolution; decisiveness ➜ 思い切り【おもいきり】

noun / ~する noun:

• venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on