godan ~く verb:

• to be underwater from the neck down; to collect shells, seaweed, etc. by diving under the water - archaism
• to force something under the surface of the water

noun:

• samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation) ［さんまい］ - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit

suffix noun:

• being immersed in; being absorbed in; indulging in; doing to one's heart's content - usu. ざんまい
• prone to; apt to - usu. ざんまい

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak through one's tears; to speak with tears in one's eyes

expression:

• the soft may prove more durable than the hard; willow trees don't break under the weight of snow [literal] - proverb

noun:

• trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work - polite language ➜ 苦労

expression:

• thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts ➜ ご苦労さま

expression:

• the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")

expression:

• the light comes from the East; the light rises from the East; ex oriente lux - from the Roman saying, in reference to Constantinople - proverb

noun:

• New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to read out; to read aloud; to call out
• to finish reading; to read through

expression / noun:

• closure (of a road); suspension of traffic

expression:

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

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation)
• to pull through; to get over; to survive
• to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight

noun:

• vocation; lifework; calling
• sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation)
• prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period) ➜ 天神

noun:

• wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)
• going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation

noun:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom ➜ 不立文字

noun:

• fleeting life; this transient world; floating world
• sad world; world of grief and worry - esp. 憂き世
• the world of the living; this life; this world; the present world
• (the world of the) red light districts

noun:

• beginning of the month or the year; New Year's Day; the calendar

noun:

• conveyance of the opinions of the lower classes to the powers that be - four character idiom

noun:

• hero package (commercial in which the product is the hero of the segment)

noun:

• 'ra'-removed; the practice of skipping the 'ra' from the 'rareru' verb conjugation - abbreviation ➜ ら抜き言葉

noun:

• the Revelation of St. John the Divine (book of the Bible) ➜ 黙示録

noun:

• the eight ministries (under the Grand Council of State of the ritsuryo system) ➜ 太政官

expression:

• out of touch with the voters; indifferent to the concerns of the people

noun:

• night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar

noun:

• night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar ➜ 元宵

noun / ~する noun:

• seeing the old year out; greeting the New Year; passing the winter; hibernation