godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to search (for something desired, needed); to look for - esp. 探す
• to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime) - esp. 捜す

noun:

• new straw; straw from the current year
• rice seedlings boiled and dried and then tied into a woman's hair to chase evil spirits away

noun:

• person or organization (esp. yakuza) in charge of solving problems caused by subordinates - slang
• member of a biker gang driving behind the rest (in charge of keeping the police away from the other members) - slang ➜ 暴走族

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion ➜ 廃れる【すたれる】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to harmonize with; to keep in tune with
• to go along with; to keep in step

expression / ichidan verb:

• to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice - usu. as 口をそろえて

expression / ichidan verb:

• to set off an explosive
• to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words

expression / ichidan verb:

• to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to let things end up as they will; to let nature take its course
• to make do with what one has

adverbial noun:

• just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

noun:

• tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable)
• forward puller (of a rickshaw)

noun / ~の noun:

• telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; communion of mind with mind - four character idiom

noun:

• non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period) - honorific language ➜ 用人

expression:

• not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; not only ... - after 〜は or 〜も

adjectival noun:

• negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss - archaism ➜ 疎か【おろそか】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up

expression / ichidan verb:

• to ensconce oneself (e.g. in a chair); to settle oneself down; to plant oneself

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to run at full speed; to run and run
• to try one's hardest

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type) ➜ 組み上げる【くみあげる】

noun / expression:

• one-track mind; person who always acts the same or says the same thing (esp. person who always cracks the same kind of jokes) - humorous term - From English "very special one pattern"

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed

noun:

• sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth) ➜ 炬燵

prefix:

• surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words); excess-; over-
• per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)

noun:

• (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
• (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined ➜ 生まれつき

noun:

• additions and deletions; adding and deleting; revisions; revising

~する noun:

• to add and to delete; to revise