ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bind; to fasten; to tie up

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to recover; to rally; to pick up

ichidan verb:

• to bring up; to foster; to rear

lower nidan verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to look up to; to respect - archaism ➜ 崇める

godan ~る verb:

• to rise; to erect; to get up ➜ 起き上がる

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to serve; to dish up; to prepare

noun:

• gradualist approach; build-up approach; buildup approach

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to daub; to brush; to touch up

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be slightly inferior; to be a degree worse
• to give an inch; to make a concession; to concede a point

noun:

• launching; launch
• end (of a theatrical run, etc.)
• closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party; party to celebrate successful completion of a project ➜ 打ち上げ会【うちあげかい】

noun:

• tattoo (esp. a tattoo of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo ➜ 倶利迦羅

expression:

• A single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; Even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; Watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; to cross a dangerous bridge [literal]

noun:

• sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship)

~する noun:

• to sink a ship

noun / ~する noun:

• resistance; opposition; standing up to
• reluctance; repulsion; repugnance
• resistance; drag; friction - Physics term
• electrical resistance - abbreviation ➜ 電気抵抗

noun:

• resistor - abbreviation ➜ 抵抗器

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to choke up; to be speechless - idiom
• to hold one's tongue - idiom

expression / ~す verb (precursor to modern する):

• to be unable to make up one's mind; to sit on the fence ➜ 首鼠両端【しゅそりょうたん】

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to choke up; to be speechless - idiom
• to hold one's tongue - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• scheme; device; scheming; devising; figuring out; coming up with; solving ingeniously
• dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• foolishly (laughing); thoughtlessly (smiling) - onomatopoeia
• indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); frivolously; flippantly - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• flaring up; bursting into flames - onomatopoeia - archaism

noun:

• recipient; receiver; acceptor; taker
• skilled practitioner (of judo, sumo, etc.) - Martial Arts, Sumo term
• person who picks up the cards (in karuta games) ➜ 読み手

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a stab at arousing someone's interest - idiom
• (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them
• to offer water before a grave

noun:

• yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer
• grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow) - obsolete term
• failing to win a single hand during a half-game - Mahjong term

noun:

• ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb
• up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo) ［上り］ ➜ 上り列車

noun / ~の noun:

• northward (towards Tokyo)

noun / ~する noun:

• giving up children for adoption or apprenticeship, etc. (out of poverty); reducing the number of mouths [literal]