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

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on ➜ 目を悦ばす

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to be matched against
• to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

expression:

• start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps ➜ 隗より始めよ
• he who first suggests it should be the first to do it ➜ 隗より始めよ

expression:

• start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps - proverb
• he who first suggests it should be the first to do it - proverb

expression:

• if everyone crosses against the red light, then there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it - proverb

noun:

• weather wheel; pillar found near graveyards and temples with a wheel attached to it that can be used to communicate with the dead, as well as for divination
• sun pillar ➜ 太陽柱

noun:

• young men who are not competitive as in the traditional male stereotype, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented ➜ 草食男子【そうしょくだんし】

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to run (of liquid); to spread
• to blur; to blot; to be blurred
• to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
• to show through (of feelings, emotions, etc.); to reveal itself

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap

expression / adjective:

• it goes without saying; there is no need to say so, but of course; it is needless to say; it need scarcely be said

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)

expression:

• once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake) [literal]

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wake; to wake up
• to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia)
• to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart talk (with someone) ➜ 打ち明ける【うちあける】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to clear; to make clear
• to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to feign indifference
• to look demure; to look prim; to put on airs
• to strain (one's ears); to listen carefully ➜ 耳を澄ます【みみをすます】

noun:

• multi-tiered food boxes that can be carried by hand - abbreviation ➜ 提げ重箱
• female prostitute who carried multi-tiered food boxes about and peddled foodstuffs (Meiwa and Anei eras) - archaism

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to lead; to take the lead (in doing something)
• to precede; to go before; to take precedence
• to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.)
• to be a prerequisite

noun:

• identifying mark (esp. a mark of comradeship)
• mark placed where two pieces of cloth are to be sewn together (or two pieces of wood joined, etc.)
• verification seal; tally ➜ 合い印【あいいん】

expression / adjective:

• it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed ➜ 仕方のない

expression / adjective:

• it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed ➜ 仕方がない

expression / noun:

• hard work gone unnoticed; thankless task; a dance under a veranda [literal] - idiom
• off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennouji - orig. meaning

noun:

• light that is said to be emitted from some hair or tuft in Buddha's forehead; ray of light from the tuft of white hair (between the eyebrows) - from 白毫相光 - abbreviation

expression:

• in being immobile be like a mountain (from Sun Tzu); being imperturbable; immobile like a mountain (from laziness, etc.)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be absent; to take a day off
• to rest; to have a break
• to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire
• to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business