noun:

• sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge
• to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to let (a person) off
• to withdraw (cash)
• to wear (clothing) for the first time
• to fillet (e.g. a fish)

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder
• to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative
• to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive; to take in
• to be caught up in superstition

expression:

• parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night) - obscure term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end ➜ 片付く

expression:

• A cornered rat will bite the cat; One who is cornered will fight like a devil - four character idiom

expression:

• what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing - proverb

adverbial noun / noun:

• in these times; in times like these; the season being what it is

expression:

• like water off a duck's back; water on a frog's face [literal]

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be duplicated; to be repeated ➜ ダブル
• to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to coincide
• to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.)
• to make a double play - Baseball term ➜ ダブルプレー
• to make a double fault (in tennis) - Sports term ➜ ダブルフォールト

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be saved; to be rescued; to survive
• to escape harm; to be spared damage
• to be helped; to be saved trouble

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to spring out; to surge
• to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.)
• to feel emotions form (joy, bravery, etc.)
• to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

adverb:

• in this manner; in this way; like this

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to sit; to squat
• to assume (a position)
• to hold steady; to hold still - esp. 据わる, 据る

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one
• to pull (something) closer

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to blow into; to breathe into

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to inspire; to indoctrinate
• to record (music, video, etc.)

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to spin; to make yarn
• to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to brush away; to sweep aside
• to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to sweep together; to rake up; to gather up
• to drag towards oneself; to pull nearer

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to open; to come out
• to smile broadly ➜ 顔がほころぶ
• to come apart at the seams (clothes)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to receive permission
• to leave (with someone's permission); to retire ➜ 御免蒙る
• to refuse; to beg off doing ➜ 御免蒙る

expression / ichidan verb:

• to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to roast - idiom ➜ 灸を据える
• to burn moxa on the skin - orig. meaning ➜ 灸を据える

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to be left in the dust of; to play second fiddle (to); to take second billing (to)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to speak unclearly; to speak inarticulately; to pronounce poorly; to slur one's words; to lisp

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to meet; to encounter; to see - 逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos; 遭う may have an undesirable nuance
• to have an accident; to have a bad experience - esp. 遭う when in kanji - usually written using kana alone