expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to be the subject of attention; to call people's attention; to be the rage; to be of interest

noun:

• eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces - archaism
• east - archaism
• six-stringed Japanese zither - abbreviation ➜ 東琴
• my spouse ［吾妻・吾嬬］

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of; to strike on; to hit on an answer; to seize the crux of a problem

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be lifted; to be raised; to rise; to go up
• to happen suddenly; to occur; to come up; to turn up
• to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to open; to come out
• to smile broadly ➜ 顔がほころぶ
• to come apart at the seams (clothes)

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to be left in the dust of; to play second fiddle (to); to take second billing (to)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stab; to thrust (into)
• to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

godan ~る verb:

• to lurk; to hover in the background
• to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously

ichidan verb:

• to trouble with questions; to embarrass; to put out; to put on the spot; to inconvenience

expression / adjective:

• to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message

expression:

• to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to dust; to remove dust
• to slap; to hit (with the palm)
• to use up money

godan ~る verb:

• to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close ➜ なりかける

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to flick off; to give ... the flick; to send something flying; to hit (a person); to knock down

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be renewed; to change ［改まる］
• to be improved; to be reformed; to be revised; to be corrected ［改まる］
• to stand on ceremony; to be formal ［改まる］
• to take a turn for the worse (of an illness); to take a serious turn

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hear; to catch (the sound of something)
• to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to learn of (something)
• to get used to hearing

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to dive (into or under water)
• to get under; to get into; to get in; to creep into; to crawl under; to bury oneself; to burrow into; to dig oneself into; to snuggle under
• to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself; to go underground ➜ 地下に潜る

noun:

• part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes

expression:

• "the shoemaker's children go barefoot" [figurative]; the dyer wears white [literal]; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take care of some business; to go on an errand
• to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be (animate); to be; to exist - humble language

godan ~る verb / auxiliary verb:

• to be ..ing - after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state
• to (have the audacity to) do - after -masu base of verb; indicates contempt or disdain for another's actions ➜ やがる

expression:

• when it's important; when it comes to the crunch; when push comes to shove; when it comes to the point; in one's hour of need; at the critical moment ➜ いざ

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain)
• to split (the opposition); to break (strike)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues