godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to skip over (while reading), to skim
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to have full knowledge (of something), to know something thoroughly
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to string along (of rope, etc.)
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to do oneself, to do by oneself
- to start work (on), to commence
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to popularize, to popularise, to give currency to, to set a trend
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to dodge, to evade
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to fail to hear something, to miss
- to act as if one didn't hear something, to let a remark slide
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- speak of the devil and he shall appear, speak rumours of someone and they shall appear
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to defy conventional wisdom
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to make worse (e.g. disease), to aggravate, to complicate