ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手の考え休むに似たり

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent ➜ 筋が立つ

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool - colloquialism ➜ 頭にくる

expression / ichidan verb:

• to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to complain of itching; to be bothered by an itch (or rash, etc.); to feel itchy; to have an itch (or rash, etc.); to itch

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to arch; to be curved; to become bow-shaped; to bend backward

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be exhausted; to be tired out - occ. written 凹たれる

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:

• to decrease; to be reduced; to grow less; to abate

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to reduce; to lessen; to cut down; to mitigate; to diminish
• to subtract; to deduct; to take off

expression / adjective:

• to gain nothing; to be of no benefit; to be no use; to be unprofitable

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to cheer up; to be stirred up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to come to nothing; to be wasted; to fall through; to end without result

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手な考え休むに似たり

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with

godan ~る verb:

• to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body; to be helpful
• to stand in someone else's shoes ［身になる］
• to care deeply for someone ［身になる］ - archaism

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out - idiom

godan ~る verb:

• to feel bitter; to be vexed; to resent; to regret

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop - obscure term ➜ 高じる

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to understand everything from only one part; to be perceptive; to be quick to understand; to be quick on the uptake - idiom

expression:

• no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it