expression / godan ~く verb:

• to blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell; to blow the war horn ➜ 法螺貝を吹く

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast
• to cloud up; to fog up; to mist up; to become dim
• to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression); to be downcast
• to look slightly downward (of a noh mask; indicating sadness, grief, etc.) - from 面曇る ➜ 照る【てる】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to line up; to set up; to arrange in a line
• to enumerate; to itemize
• to be equal (to); to compare well (with); to be as good (as)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze - esp. 絞る
• to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk - esp. 搾る
• to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)
• to extort; to exploit
• to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke - often passive voice ➜ 油を絞る
• to drill into; to train
• to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down
• to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)
• to stop down (lens)
• to turn down (e.g. radio)
• to bend (bow); to draw
• to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize - Sumo term

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to do something stupid; to do something pointless; to hit a muddy rice field with a stick [literal] - obscure term - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a good eye (from having seen fine art, etc.); to be a connoisseur ➜ 肥える

godan ~す verb:

• to let out a roar (hum, groan, moan); to produce a loud noise

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have a narrow view of things; to look at the ceiling through a reed [literal]

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have a narrow view of things; to look at the ceiling through a reed [literal]

expression / ichidan verb:

• to help a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a wish (to a god)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to handle a tool; to work a machine

expression / ichidan verb:

• to manage a state; to govern a country

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to bridge a gap; to supply a lack

expression / ichidan verb:

• to address (direct) a letter to a person

godan ~う verb:

• to have a munch; to take a bite

expression / ichidan verb:

• to work toward a solution to a problem

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to have a talk; to tell a story

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to keep a house; to run a household

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to turn over; to turn upside down; to turn up; to turn inside out; to turn out
• to knock over; to tip over
• to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset; to reverse

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter
• to be sooty; to be smoke-stained ［くすぶる・ふすぶる］
• to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder ［くすぶる］
• to seclude oneself ［くすぶる・ふすぶる］
• to live in obscurity; to stay in the same level (of social position, circumstances, etc.) ［くすぶる］

noun:

• standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; formula
• joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain - esp. 痛む
• to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged - esp. 傷む

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for