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

noun:

• red line; line in the sand
• red line (ice hockey); center line; centre line - Sports term

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

noun / ~する noun:

• setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business ➜ サラ

noun:

• Japanese bondage torture (bound victim sits cross-legged with their arms tied behind them, and the rope is tightened until their ankles touch their neck)

noun:

• the end; closing; being done for - polite language ➜ 仕舞い

interjection:

• that's it; that's enough; that's all

godan ~す verb / transitive:

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

adjective:

• dull (e.g. a knife); blunt ［にぶい］
• thickheaded; obtuse; stupid - のろい is usu. in kana
• dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light) ［にぶい］
• slow; sluggish; inert; lethargic
• indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting ［のろい］

noun / ~する noun:

• rōnin; ronin; masterless samurai
• waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination ［浪人］

noun:

• person out of work; jobless person ［浪人］
• wanderer; drifter ［浪人］ - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.)
• in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to have more wins than losses; to lead someone (by no. of matches)
• to take the lead over an opponent (in points)

noun:

• endpaper (of a book); end-paper
• facing (material sewn on the inside edge of a garment)
• looking back; triumphing over (a rival) ➜ 見返す

noun:

• any of a number of sets of thirty-three holy places enshrining Avalokitesvara (esp. those comprising a popular pilgrimage in the Kinki region) ➜ 西国三十三所

noun:

• bull's-eye
• object of desire; most-coveted goal
• male crotch (as a target in fighting); the jewels (as in "kick him in ...") - colloquialism

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion

noun:

• standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm) ➜ 京間
• Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm) ➜ 京間

noun:

• standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm) ➜ 田舎間
• Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm) ➜ 田舎間

noun:

• little four winds; winning hand consisting of three kongs or pungs of winds and a pair of the fourth wind - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun / ~する noun:

• Galapagosization; widespread design of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species

godan ~う verb:

• to say; to utter; to declare
• to name; to call
• to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise ［言う］