expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference

noun:

• distance in the standings between two teams expressed as the difference in number of games won or lost - Baseball term

noun:

• little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon - Mahjong term

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition); to balance; to cancel out

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate
• to recite; to chant
• to indicate; to show

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to ramble; to hang around; to linger
• to dangle; to swing

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to kick about; to kick around
• to scatter (e.g. one's enemies); to rout

expression / adjective:

• to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of ➜ 気に留める

expression:

• Don't worry about it; There is nothing to fear; There is no need for anxiety; Everything is under control - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through ➜ 考え事に耽る

adjective:

• smelling burnt; smelling scorched
• smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if military action seems about to happen); war is looming
• suspicious; dubious; questionable

noun:

• the way in which something came about; origin
• structure; organization; the way something is constructed

adverb:

• just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

godan ~く verb:

• to walk with; to make someone tag along
• to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about

expression:

• what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

noun:

• length and width; length and breadth; lengthwise and crosswise; longitude and latitude; vertical and horizontal
• four cardinal points; every direction ［じゅうおう］
• as one wishes; as one pleases; at will ［じゅうおう］
• warp and weft; warp and woof ［たてよこ］ ➜ 経緯【たてよこ】

noun:

• political thought; political philosophy; political idea; idea about politics

noun / ~する noun:

• busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make lively; to become animated; to have fun talking about something ➜ 話に花を咲かせる
• to become successful and well known

noun:

• Hexanchidae; family with four species and three genera of cow sharks characterized by either one or two additional pairs of gill slits

noun:

• axe murder incident (Aug. 18, 1976); poplar tree incident; killing of two American army officers by North Korean soldiers in the DMZ

godan ~る verb:

• to walk about; to walk to and fro; to pace around

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to carry in one's pocket; to own
• to take; to carry about

noun:

• Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

expression:

• Don't worry about it; There is nothing to fear; There is no need for anxiety; Everything is under control