expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics

noun / ~する noun:

• adherence (to one's beliefs) (positive nuance); persistence; sticking to one's guns; standing one's ground

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone
• to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• archery range; archery ground
• shooting range; firing range; shooting gallery ［しゃじょう］ ➜ 射撃場【しゃげきじょう】
• position where an archer is standing ［いば］
• launch site (e.g. for rockets, missiles, etc.) ➜ 発射場【はっしゃじょう】

noun:

• carpet; rug; matting; carpeting
• mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on
• spread; (cloth) cover; coaster

noun:

• falling (down); tumbling (down); falling to the ground
• failure; failing
• renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
• batter (construction technique)

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a roaring sound (of water or wind); sound of feet stamping on the ground - onomatopoeia

interjection:

• whoa! (command used to stop or quieten down a horse, etc.) ➜ どう

noun:

• texture; grain
• one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; bare skin; scalp
• surface of the earth; bare ground
• surface of a sword blade

noun:

• one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow

noun:

• alley; alleyway; lane ［路地・露路］
• bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; outdoors (non-greenhouse cultivation of crops) ［露地］
• teahouse garden ［路地・露地］
• path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

godan ~う verb:

• to lie on one's stomach; to sleep while lying on one's stomach; to crawl on the ground; to sprawl

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to hand over; to transfer; to turn over; to assign; to convey; to bequeath
• to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way
• to yield; to concede; to give ground; to surrender
• to sell
• to postpone; to put off; to defer

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)

noun:

• red bean paste; red bean jam; anko - Food term ➜ 餡こ
• kudzu sauce - Food term ➜ 葛餡
• filling (of a dumpling, bun, etc., e.g. ground meat, vegetables, bean paste) - Food term
• filling (generally); a substance wrapped in something else (e.g. cushion stuffing) ➜ 餡子

noun:

• the empress, the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager ➜ 三后
• emperor's second consort
• empress; palace of the empress
• building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground
• demesne of the imperial palace ➜ 皇居

noun:

• earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
• the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
• low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud) ➜ 鳥の子紙
• (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō) - also written as 犯土, 椎, 槌 ➜ 陰陽道

noun / suffix:

• stuffing; packing - づめ when a suffix

noun:

• end (esp. the foot of a bridge)
• lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony
• tea master
• endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively)
• sweet eel sauce - abbreviation
• middle-aged woman - archaism

suffix noun:

• appointment to a particular workplace
• using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment)
• continuing; keep doing for period of time - after the -masu stem of a verb

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope)
• to become less tense; to relax; to let one's guard down
• to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax
• to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression); (of ice) to partially melt
• to decrease (e.g. speed)
• (of a market price) to go down slightly

noun:

• ground; land; earth; soil - abbreviation
• the region in question; the local area
• skin
• texture; fabric; material; weave
• base; background
• one's true nature
• narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story)
• real life; actuality
• captured territory (in the game of go)
• noh chorus ➜ 地謡
• accompaniment music (in Japanese dance)
• basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive)
• base part (of multiple shamisens)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to lay upside down
• to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes)

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to conceal; to hide; to keep secret; to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness) - usu. 臥せる ➜ 臥せる【ふせる】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bury (e.g. in the ground)
• to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed
• to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to bridge (a difference, a gap); to fill (a seat, a vacant position); to fill out
• to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends; to compensate for
• to put cold water (in a bath)
• to cover; to scatter something over