expression:

• good advice is harsh to the ears; honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame)
• to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to elaborate; to work out
• to train; to drill; to exercise
• to gloss (silk); to soften; to degum ［練る］
• to tan (leather)
• to temper (steel) - also written as 錬る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to walk in procession; to parade; to march - also written as 邌る

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to tie up; to tie together; to bind; to bundle; to fasten
• to hang (oneself) - also written as 縊る ➜ 首を括る
• to summarize; to put (it all) together; to consolidate
• to estimate; to expect ➜ 高を括る
• to tie-dye ➜ 括り染め
• to detain; to check; to restrain - archaism

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

godan ~る verb:

• to push and push; to keep pushing to the end

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears

godan ~る verb:

• to act the goody-goody; to pretend to be nice

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to begin to know; to know for the first time

noun / ~する noun:

• sending the person accused to the prosecutor

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take the side of the enemy

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the profit over the fame

noun:

• parting of the ways; the way to hades; one's way after the parting

noun:

• middle of the road; on the road
• on the way (to one's destination)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not

noun:

• leader of a (large) group ➜ 小頭
• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp ➜ 大纛
• leader of a (large) group
• puffbird (any bird of family Bucconidae) - usually written using kana alone
• first makushita rikishi listed on the banzuke - Sumo term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go with the flow; to go with the times - idiom

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge - Sumo term
• to punch hard; to hit hard

expression / ichidan verb:

• to go wherever one has to go (to get a matter settled, e.g. the court)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot - idiom ➜ 痛い所

noun:

• direct appeal to the throne by the military

noun:

• the first star to appear in the evening

noun:

• the first leaves to appear after the cotyledon

noun / ~する noun:

• arrival of the wrestlers to the tournament venue - Sumo term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to warn against; to caution against
• to admonish; to scold; to rebuke
• to prohibit; to forbid; to ban
• to be cautious - archaism
• to detest; to loathe - archaism
• to punish - archaism