expression:

• it's hard to cut one's ties to close relatives even if they are wicked; you don't cut your finger off just because it's dirty [literal] - proverb

godan ~る verb:

• to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak through one's tears; to speak with tears in one's eyes

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to shrivel up in fear; to tremble in fear; one's testicles shrivel up [literal]

noun:

• priest - used at certain shrines, e.g. Ise, Kamo - Shintō term
• member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryo system - archaism ➜ 四等官
• government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto - archaism
• prominent member of a town - archaism
• river boatman; captain of a riverboat
• (medieval) harbor manager - archaism
• bandit leader; head of a gang of brigands - archaism

particle:

• you said; he said; she said; they said - casual quoting particle ➜ と
• if ... then - indicates supposition
• do you seriously think that - as かって; indicates a satirical or rhetorical question
• I already told you; you should know by now that; of course - indicates certainty, insistence, emphasis, etc.
• the said ... - abbr. of という
• says that ... - abbr. of と言っている
• I hear that ... - abbr. of と聞いている
• as for the term ... - abbr. of とは, というのは
• as for ... - equiv. of は topic marker

noun:

• being apt to make a show of one's faults; penchant for boasting of one's faults; pretending to be worse than one really is - four character idiom

godan ~る verb:

• to ride into (a place); to drive into (a place)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath

adverb:

• as if to say; as much as to say; as though

expression:

• It is hard to explain; It is hard to say

noun:

• realism (as opposed to idealism) ➜ 観念論
• realism (as opposed to nominalism) ➜ 唯名論

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise someone's position; to raise someone's standing

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take out a boat; to put out a boat

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to stretch one's arms; to elongate one's arms - obscure term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with) ➜ 見える【まみえる】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to realize one's error; to realize one's errors

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have a stuffed nose; to have a stuffy nose

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to give a true account; to give a graphic account

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to get too familiar with; to become too familiar with

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to lose one's composure; to lose one's temper

expression / ichidan verb:

• to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)