expression:

• everything comes in handy when used correctly; use the right tools for the right job; fools and (blunt) scissors have to be used in the right way - proverb

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to become covered in moss; to be moss-covered; to have moss growing on itself; to become aged (e.g. building, stone)

godan ~る verb:

• to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back

godan ~る verb:

• to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities ➜ へたばる・尻餅

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language

expression:

• no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to keep a fine house; to put up a front; to make the front of the house nice (and be pretentious about it)

~する noun / adverb:

• to feel anxious; to feel nervous; to be kept in suspense; to feel excited; to feel thrilled - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears) - onomatopoeia
• hanging untidily (of hair); straggling - onomatopoeia

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold)
• to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones
• to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain; to secure; to attain; to obtain; to win - 獲る esp. refers to catching wild game, etc.
• to understand; to comprehend
• to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be able to ..., can ... ［得る］ - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 得ない・得る【うる】

noun:

• being apt to make a show of one's faults; penchant for boasting of one's faults; pretending to be worse than one really is - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to stay bottled up inside oneself; to be introverted
• to have a melancholic appearance, atmosphere (of a person, object, place); to have a gloomy appearance

adverb / interjection:

• how; how much; how many; how long; how far - Kansai dialect ➜ 幾ら
• under no circumstances; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like - Kansai dialect ➜ 幾ら何でも【いくらなんでも】

noun:

• being meaningful; being significant; having value; having worth - Kansai dialect

adverb / interjection:

• how; how much; how many; how long; how far - old form of 何ぼ - Kansai dialect ➜ 幾ら・何ぼ【なんぼ】
• under no circumstances; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like - Kansai dialect ➜ 幾ら何でも【いくらなんでも】・何ぼ【なんぼ】

noun:

• being meaningful; being significant; having value; having worth - Kansai dialect ➜ 何ぼ【なんぼ】

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil
• to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to be in a ferment; to take place energetically
• to ferment
• to melt (of metal)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hurt; to injure; to cause pain - usu. 痛める
• to harm; to damage; to spoil - usu. 傷める
• to worry; to bother; to be grieved over; to afflict - usu. 痛める
• to cause financial loss; to hurt one's pocket - usu. 痛める

godan ~く verb:

• to be underwater from the neck down; to collect shells, seaweed, etc. by diving under the water - archaism
• to force something under the surface of the water

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 / godan ~す verb:

• to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to deliver the coup de grace
• to put an end to; to deliver the final blow
• to be the best for A - as ＡはＢに止めを刺す

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