expression / godan ~る verb:

• to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself - idiom

godan ~う verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to ask; to inquire
• to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to pursue (question of responsibility); to charge with
• to care about; to regard as important - used in neg. form ➜ 問わず
• to call into question; to doubt; to question - usu. in passive form

noun:

• miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs
• child who is made light of; child who is left out of games; immature child or person; good-for-nothing

noun:

• women's New Year (15th day of the first month of the year); New Year for women who were too busy to celebrate on the 1st (Kyoto-Osaka) ➜ 小正月

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something)
• to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to settle in
• to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

noun:

• application form for business permit; business permit application form

noun:

• method of patterning fabric by pounding on leaves (or flowers, etc.) placed on it, or by rubbing in dye made from these materials - obscure term
• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner ➜ 摺り込み染め

noun:

• two books on the art of war in ancient China; the secrets (essence) of the art of war; secrets of successful life; precepts for living - four character idiom

noun:

• inn; tavern; hatago; Edo period lodging for travellers ➜ 旅籠屋
• basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies
• basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder - orig. meaning

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of
• to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be valid
• to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on; to keep going

noun:

• the system in government offices and business corporations in which draft proposals are prepared by someone in charge of the matter and circulated for collective deliberation and final approval by particular (designated) officials or executives - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to ascend; to go up; to climb
• to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise - usu. 昇る
• to go to (the capital)
• to be promoted
• to add up to
• to advance (in price)
• to swim up (a river); to sail up
• to come up (on the agenda)

noun:

• preparing one's own lunch; bringing one's own lunch; paying for one's own lunch
• working without pay; volunteer work

expression:

• he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it; tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name [literal] - proverb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to steal; to rob; to snatch; to pocket; to plunder
• to deceive; to trick; to cheat
• to graze (in passing); to skim; to brush against; to touch lightly
• to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.); to flit (through one's mind, across one's face)
• to do (something) while no one is looking - often as 目をかすめて
• to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate - archaism

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise
• to notice; to feel
• to understand; to comprehend; to grasp
• to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure)
• to experience; to go through; to learn
• to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know
• to concern

noun:

• falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall ➜ 尻餅をつく
• mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

suffix noun:

• from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
• aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above

noun:

• first volume (e.g. book) ➜ 下【げ】・上巻

noun / prefix:

• superior quality; best; top; high class
• going up
• governmental; imperial
• presenting; showing

prefix:

• ana- (medical, biol.)

conjunction:

• but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; also; as well

particle:

• even
• however; no matter how; even if; even though
• ... or something
• either ... or ...; neither ... nor ... - as 〜でも〜でも

prefix:

• pseudo-; quack; in-name-only - before an occupation, etc.
• for lack of anything better to do - before an occupation, etc. ➜ でもしか

noun / ~する noun:

• life plan; plan for one's life; planning one's life

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow)
• to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause) - in the form of 身を投じる ➜ 身を投じる
• to invest; to put in
• to administer (medicine); to give

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to surrender
• to take advantage of; to make full use of
• to fit well with; to match with; to be in tune with
• to stay (at a lodging)

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

• to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow) - usu. 投じる ➜ 投じる

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

• to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause) - in the form of 身を投ずる
• to invest; to put in
• to administer (medicine); to give

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

• to surrender
• to take advantage of; to make full use of
• to fit well with; to match with; to be in tune with
• to stay (at a lodging)

noun:

• Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray

noun:

• different in appearance but essentially the same in content; equal in skills or workmanship but different in style or artistic flavor; the same for all practical purposes - four character idiom ➜ 同工異曲【どうこういきょく】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stick; to paste; to affix - esp. 貼る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (tent)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to form (e.g. ice on a pond)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to fill; to swell

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stick out; to put; to slap

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be expensive

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to keep a watch on; to be on the lookout

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become one tile away from completion ［張る］ - Mahjong term ➜ テンパる・聴牌

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to span; to generate - Mathematics term