expression:

• everything comes in handy when used correctly; use the right tools for the right job; fools and (blunt) scissors have to be used in the right way - proverb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to make (e.g. mistake)
• to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to transgress; to contravene
• to rape; to violate; to ravish; to deflower

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow wild; to run to waste; to become degenerate ➜ 荒む
• to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to deteriorate (of skill)

godan ~ぶ verb / auxiliary verb / intransitive verb:

• to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe - usu. after -masu stem

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to do as one pleases; to amuse oneself; to play around ［遊ぶ］ - archaism

godan ~う verb:

• to say; to utter; to declare
• to name; to call
• to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise ［言う］

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to unravel; to untie; to untangle; to loosen
• to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.)
• to relax; to ease

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be doing; to be in the process of doing

suffix / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be doing; to be in the process of doing - with masu stem ➜ つつ

expression:

• (in) various settings; act to act; place to place - often as 場面場面で ➜ 場面

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be worth telling; to be worth confiding in

noun:

• Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations)
• nickname
• section of a village

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to compete; to vie; to contend
• to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to set against
• to debate; to argue

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to sharpen
• to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken; to reduce - usually written using kana alone

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to write in

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to call in

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to sew in

expression:

• in opposition to

expression:

• in relation to ➜ に関して

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pull in

expression / adverb:

• in all; in total; collectively - esp. 合わせて, 合せて

expression / conjunction:

• in addition; besides; at the same time - esp. 併せて

noun:

• device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play - archaism ➜ 田楽豆腐
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire)
• to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake
• to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

adverb:

• bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); roaring; whooping - onomatopoeia
• in a rush; in a surge; flooding in; pouring in - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; all of a sudden - onomatopoeia

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be separated; to be apart; to be distant
• to leave; to go away
• to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up
• to lose connection with; to drift away from

lower nidan verb (archaic) / yodan ~る verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to be separated; to be apart; to be distant - archaism ➜ 離れる
• to leave; to go away - archaism ➜ 離れる
• to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up - archaism ➜ 離れる
• to lose connection with; to drift away from - archaism ➜ 離れる

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to fish
• to look for; to search for; to hunt for; to scavenge; to scrounge; to look through; to rummage through ［あさる］

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge ［あさる］