expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a meal (before doing something); to fortify oneself with a meal

expression / adjective:

• to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility

noun:

• auxiliary shrine (dedicated to a deity close-related to that of a main shrine) ➜ 本社

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon; to scoop water with a basket [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

expression / noun:

• beginning to learn (something) when one is old; not being too old to learn - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to come of age (for a girl) - obscure term ➜ 肩揚げ
• to lengthen the sleeves of a kimono - obscure term

~の noun / noun:

• related to the teachings of Buddha; able to be saved by Buddha - Buddhism term Antonym: 無縁【むえん】
• related; relevant Antonym: 無縁【むえん】

expression / godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take the easy way out; to take the path of least resistance

noun:

• imitation that looks identical to the original; fake causing the original to lose value - four character idiom

godan ~る verb:

• to draw a tile from the wall - Mahjong term ➜ 自摸
• to win on a self-drawn tile - Mahjong term ➜ 自摸

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to ruin one's reputation in later life; to tarnish one's twilight years

noun / ~する noun:

• failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year) Antonym: 及第
• falling short of the standard; not making the grade

noun:

• address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era

expression:

• to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight; to look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi) [literal] ➜ 管窺【かんき】

noun:

• about to start out; just about to leave or go out - oft. used as a greeting in the form of お出かけですか？ - honorific language - polite language ➜ 出掛け【でがけ】
• outing; trip

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up

pronoun:

• wise elder brother; polite reference to another's older brother, or to one's senior

expression:

• from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts

expression / ichidan verb:

• to warm the bench; to stay on the bench during a sports match

expression / ichidan verb:

• to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)

noun:

• the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• turning a suspect over to the public prosecutor's office; committing a suspect to trial - four character idiom

noun:

• the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom