expression:

• size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle [literal] - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool

expression / ichidan verb:

• to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
• to favor; to favour; to be partial to

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to eat; to drink; to wolf; to knock back - vulgar
• to receive (e.g. a blow)
• to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• (following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be a prostitute; to work as a prostitute; to sell sexual services

expression:

• in order to be(come)... ➜ となる
• since it amounts to...
• since it is advantageous to...

expression / adjective:

• not be concerned at all; not mind at all; not care a bit ➜ 気になる

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart ➜ 打明ける

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to reach ➜ 追いつく
• to be compensated; to make up for one's losses ➜ 追いつく

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves)
• to scatter; to be dispersed
• to disappear; to dissolve; to break up
• to spread; to run; to blur
• to die a noble death

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool - colloquialism ➜ 頭にくる

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding
• to act formally; to act stiffly

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool - abbreviation ➜ 頭にくる

noun:

• lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems) [literal] - idiom ➜ 他山の石以て玉を攻むべし

expression:

• being jealous of somebody over something but also thinking they should be sentenced to death over it (esp. of male teachers having sexual relations with their students) - slang - humorous term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to break off with (e.g. one's lover) - idiom
• to be sharp enough to cut one's skin (of a new banknote, etc.)

expression:

• the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long; the well with sweet water will be the first to run dry [literal] - proverb

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money; a duck comes carrying a Welsh onion on its back [literal] ➜ 鴨鍋

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way
• to have enough (of); to be disgusted with

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak without hesitation or problems; to speak fluently or skillfully; to be talkative; to have a glib tongue

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to distend; to bulge
• to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct; to perish