proverb  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• faith is best in moderation, worship too hard and you will pass right through paradise

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• empty vessels make the most noise, the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada

proverb  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• where there's a will, there's a way

godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to press (someone to do something)
• to make confess

expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• to urge (someone) to reflect sincerely

expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• to stifle a laugh, to hold back a laugh

expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• to make a slip of the tongue, to say something inadvertently, to blurt out without thinking

rarely used kanji form  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to speed, to tear away
• to skip over (e.g. pages)

expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.), to run out of words, to be verbose, to cajole, to talk someone's head off

idiomatic expression  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• to go astray, to become corrupt, to go bad