expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; evidence is better than debate [literal]

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to be loaded on ➜ 乗る【のる】
• to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded; to be reported; to be given

noun:

• record; minutes; document
• record (e.g. in sports); results; score

~する noun:

• to record; to document
• to set a record (e.g. in sports); to show a result; to reach a value

adverb:

• ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") - emph. form of 一体 - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to fit; to get into; to go into
• to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to satisfy (conditions)
• to fall into; to plunge into; to get stuck; to get caught
• to be deceived; to be taken in; to fall into a trap
• to be addicted to; to be deep into; to be crazy about; to be stuck on

expression:

• after all; in the end; in short

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to be absorbed in; to lose oneself to
• to disguise oneself as; to adorn oneself

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to knock together; to strike against each other
• to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance)

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention ➜ 相槌【あいづち】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to have the ladder pulled out from under one [literal]

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to push; to press ［押す］
• to apply pressure from above; to press down ［押す・圧す］
• to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal ［押す・捺す］ ➜ 判を押す
• to affix (e.g. gold leaf) ［押す］
• to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel; to influence ［押す］
• to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress ［押す・圧す］
• to push (events along); to advance (a plan) ［押す］
• to do in spite of ...; to do even though ...; to force ［押す］
• to make sure ［押す］ ➜ 念を押す【ねんをおす】・駄目を押す【だめをおす】
• to be pressed for time ［押す］
• to advance troops; to attack ［押す］
• (of light) to be diffused across an entire surface ［押す］

noun / ~の noun:

• behind; in the rear; in back Antonym: 前方【ぜんぽう】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to jump up; to spring up
• to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to skyrocket
• to act rashly; to jump the gun

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around
• to take part in a pitching duel - Baseball term

noun:

• on paper; in the newspapers; in a letter

conjunction:

• in; on; at; during; in the condition of

conjunction:

• by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing - abbreviation - slang ➜ ちなみに

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

~する noun:

• to contact; to get in touch - honorific language ➜ 連絡

noun:

• contacting; getting in touch; communication; (your) call; (your) message ➜ 連絡

expression:

• variation of "arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be put in order; to be put to rights
• to be disposed of; to be solved
• to be finished
• to be married (off) - also written as 嫁く

expression:

• fools rush in where angels fear to tread; the blind don't fear snakes [literal] - sensitive - proverb

noun:

• Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom
• rock in the Rhine

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

expression / adverb:

• far away in the distance; in the far distance