List: godan verb (archaic)
All kinds of godan verbs (archaic)
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to break down, to collapse, to fall apart
search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be set up (completely), to be put together, to be composed (e.g. type)
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to sound out a person's feelings, to consult a person's pleasure
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to read to the end, to read through, to read from cover to cover
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be (practically) deserted, to have no visitors, to set a sparrow net in front of the gate
rare term godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to cultivate (land), to clear (land)
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to have a narrow view of things, to look at the sky through a tube
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- a wise retainer chooses a great lord to serve, a wise bird chooses a good tree in which to roost
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to chirp (of a swarm of insects), to sing
- to gather, to swarm
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- avarice brings doom upon oneself, grasp all, lose all, the greedy hawk-eagle splits in half (when trying to catch two boars at once)