expression / godan ~る verb:

• to bust down a door; to break a door open

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a controlling presence; to have a certain aura

noun:

• trial decision; decision by a court; judgment from a trial

expression:

• where there is a will, there is a way - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have a perverse character; to have a twisted personality

expression / ~の noun:

• (not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit ➜ ほんのわずか

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to close down a business; to shut a business

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh

~の noun:

• certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts

noun:

• Di people; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the north - derogatory term ➜ 北狄

expression / ichidan verb:

• to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)

expression:

• don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility) - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be factually incorrect; to differ from the actual facts; to not be the case

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be sufficient; to be enough
• to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve - in the form に足りる after a verb ➜ 取るに足りない
• to do (the job); to serve; to answer

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be sufficient; to be enough ➜ 足りる
• to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve - in the form に足る after a verb
• to do (the job); to serve; to answer

noun:

• the rounds of tradesmen going door to door
• route man; door-to-door tradesman; order taker; order-taking
• thief taker; secret policeman ➜ 岡っ引き

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to come to live with
• to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap

noun / ~する noun:

• physical labor; physical labour; physical work
• forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 力役【りきやく】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to run; to hurry (when going somewhere)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse)
• to win (fame) ➜ 名をはせる

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hold fast to one's ways; to be overly conservative; to not get with the times; to guard the tree stub [literal] - from a fable appearing in the Han Feizi - idiom

noun:

• comparing and adjusting; reconciling; knocking into shape; bouncing of ideas, opinions, etc. off each other to obtain a fine-tuned integrated whole
• lapping; precision surface finishing; mating by rubbing together - Engineering term
• margination - usually written using kana alone - Medicine term

noun:

• direct dialing; direct inward dialing; direct dial-in; in-dial

~と adverb / adverb:

• ticktock - onomatopoeia
• chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; clicking; clacking; clattering - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• dry and hard; (frozen) stiff - onomatopoeia
• hidebound; die-hard; stubborn; obstinate; bigoted - onomatopoeia
• scared stiff; tense; nervous; frightened - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / adverb / ~する noun:

• sticky - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied) - onomatopoeia
• all over (pasting, stamping, etc.) - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• clinging (e.g. of a person); following around; being all over (each other); flirting - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• cliched; hackneyed - colloquialism ➜ べた

noun:

• one who is obsessed with (getting into, holding on to) political power; one who is obsessed with the idea of taking over government - four character idiom