noun:

• moving gadget on a pachinko machine designed to add excitement to play - obscure term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to rock the left hand (to produce vibrato on a koto, etc.) - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be particular about one's food; to have a discriminating palate ➜ 口が肥える

noun:

• miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)

godan ~む verb:

• to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

godan ~す verb:

• to boil, then discard the liquid (in order to remove astringency)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to coil itself (e.g. a snake)
• to loaf around

noun / adjectival noun:

• young orphan - archaism
• being alone and weak with no place to go to - archaism

prefix:

• goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis - from 引き ➜ 引っ抱える

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn up (at the edge); to leave a clean aftertaste

godan ~う verb:

• to entangle themselves together (e.g. of butterflies); to be intertwined ➜ からみあう

noun:

• frequency; popularity; currency

~する noun:

• to perform well; to be successful in an activity

godan ~る verb:

• to dance down (leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing

noun:

• woman who travels to holiday resorts to have short flings with locals - abbreviation - slang - From English "resort lover"

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)

godan ~う verb:

• to stare at each other; to lock eyes with

expression / ichidan verb:

• to convulse (e.g. with laughter); to split one's sides

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke) - oft. in the form of ...にも程がある to criticize something as being unacceptable

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be discouraged (from doing something); to have one's enthusiasm dampened

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to see well in the dark; to have good night vision

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to get a big surprise; to be astonished

adjective:

• quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper ➜ 喧嘩早い【けんかばやい】

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking - usu. ～の... - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure