expression / godan ~る verb:

• to try and reach above one's station and fail; to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail; a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns) [literal] - idiom ➜ 猿猴捉月

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be good (at); to go well - from 行ける
• to look (taste, etc.) good
• to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink

godan ~る verb / expression:

• to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to come to live with
• to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap

noun:

• iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards ➜ 居合い
• iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)

godan ~く verb:

• to recover one's strength; to recover one's spirit; to revive; to be refreshed; to be invigorated; to be encouraged

noun:

• mom's home cooking; taste of mom's cooking; taste of home cooking; food like mom used to make

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to expedite; to precipitate - usu. 早める
• to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate - usu. 速める

expression / ichidan verb:

• blood flows [literal]
• to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood" - usu. ...の血が流れる - idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change; to alter
• to mistake; to make a mistake
• to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise) ➜ たがえる・たがえる
• to dislocate (e.g. one's neck)

noun:

• old family; old-established family
• one's old home; one's childhood home

expression / godan ~る verb:

• for tears to gather in one's eyes; for tears to well up in one's eyes

noun:

• paying for the purchase (expense) out of one's own pocket; being responsible for the payment of one's share of the purchase price, expense, etc. - four character idiom

noun:

• sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them
• poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them

noun:

• poem (esp. tanka); song; composition of a poem or song
• pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn - Buddhism term ➜ 御詠歌
• singing a poem or song in a loud voice

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest
• to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

expression:

• a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond; quality is quality; an old eagle is better than a young crow; even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream [literal] - proverb

noun:

• the three worms (in Taoism, worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings) ➜ 庚申待

noun:

• bill; bill of sale; payment invoice
• tab (for later payment); credit
• contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone - usually written using kana alone
• sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki - usually written using kana alone
• letter - archaism
• reason; motive; pretext - archaism
• one's fortune; one's luck - archaism

expression:

• home is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world; there's room for us all in the world; wherever there are humans, there are burial places [literal]

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose one's way ➜ 道に迷う
• to waver; to hesitate; to be of two minds over; to be puzzled; to be perplexed ➜ 迷い
• to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
• to turn in one's grave

noun / ~する noun:

• being brought to a standstill; being stranded; getting stuck; stalling; deadlock
• being stumped; being in a dilemma; stopping in one's tracks; standing speechless
• dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet

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

noun:

• stretching out a string; stretching out like a string
• silk reeling; silk spinning; filature; silk reeler; silk spinner ➜ 糸取り
• pulling someone's strings
• appearance of strings from a Buddha's fingertips when being prayed to (folk belief)
• menstruation - euphemism

noun:

• body
• oneself
• one's place; one's position
• main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid)