expression / ichidan verb:

• to be meant for each other (of a man and woman); to be connected through fate; to be destined to marry (each other); to be tied by the red string (of fate) [literal] - idiom ➜ 赤い糸

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to depend on somebody for food and lodging - idiom
• to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low position - idiom

noun:

• reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to divide in two; to divide in half
• to apportion; to divide among; to portion out; to allot; to assign

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to press; to push; to force
• to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to affect; to put on airs
• to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be - as …を気取る

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to investigate thoroughly; to probe into; to think something through; to follow an argument to its logical conclusion

ichidan verb:

• to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to separate (wheat from chaff)
• to screen (candidates)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick (to); to cling (to)
• to stay (e.g. in the office)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains
• to be concerned; to worry

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to set forth; to put forward; to present for consideration; to explain the facts of life; to preach

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour)
• to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden
• to ripen; to grow ripe

noun:

• someone unable to fulfil their shopping needs (esp. in areas of depopulation or due to lack of transport); people who have been cut off from the retail sector; shopping refugee [literal]

~する noun / adverb:

• to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be petulant; to be indignant - むーっと is more emphatic - onomatopoeia
• to be stuffy; to be stifling - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• slowly (exhaling smoke) ［むうっと］ - onomatopoeia

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to float
• to become merry; to be cheerful ➜ 浮かぬ顔
• to become loose; to become unsteady
• to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place - colloquialism
• to be frivolous; to be uncertain
• to have (time, money, etc.) left over; to be saved (e.g. money)
• to have no basis; to be unreliable

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon - 出遭う usu. has a negative connotation
• to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.) ［出会う・出合う］ - esp. 出合う
• to emerge and engage (an enemy) ［出会う・出合う］ - often used imperatively as 出会え

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by ➜ 掛かる【かかる】
• to concern; to affect; to involve; to relate to

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose one's way ➜ 道に迷う
• to waver; to hesitate; to be of two minds over; to be puzzled; to be perplexed ➜ 迷い
• to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
• to turn in one's grave

noun:

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

~する noun:

• to sink a ship

expression:

• better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to screw in
• to thrust into; to push into; to shove into
• to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to fester
• to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be advanced ［早まる］
• to be hasty; to be rash ［早まる］
• to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed - esp. 速まる

interjection:

• ah; oh - expression of surprise, recollection, etc.
• hey! - used to get someone's attention

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone