ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to touch; to come in contact with; to border on; to adjoin; to be adjacent; to be close - archaism ➜ 接する【せっする】
• to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to serve; to take care of; to look after; to deal with; to see - archaism
• to receive (news); to get; to hear - archaism
• to encounter; to come across - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make touch; to bring into contact with; to bring adjacent to; to bring close; to connect - archaism

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to decide on
• to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to catch (e.g. insects)
• to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample)
• to assume (an attitude)
• to take on (workers, students); to employ; to hire
• to draw in (e.g. water); to let in (e.g. light from a window)

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to touch; to come in contact with; to border on; to adjoin; to be adjacent; to be close
• to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to serve; to take care of; to look after; to deal with; to see
• to receive (news); to get; to hear
• to encounter; to come across
• to be tangent to - Mathematics term

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to make touch; to bring into contact with; to bring adjacent to; to bring close; to connect

expression:

• small bag and young woman [literal]
• like a small bag seems to be able to contain few items yet can be stuffed with many, a young woman seems inexpensive to bring up yet can end up costing a lot
• a young woman and a small bag are both fragile and great care must be taken with both of them

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to open (e.g. doors) - esp. 開く
• to open (e.g. business, etc.) - esp. 開く
• to be empty - esp. 空く
• to be vacant; to be available; to be free - esp. 空く
• to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.) - esp. 明く
• to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.) - esp. 明く
• to come to an end - esp. 明く

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.) - esp. 明く

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events) ➜ 穴が開く

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct - 造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc.; 創る usu. for creating
• to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
• to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train ➜ 野菜を作る
• to till
• to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
• to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
• to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found
• to have (a child)
• to make up (one's face, etc.)
• to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
• to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion
• to form (a line, etc.)
• to set (a record)
• to commit (a sin, etc.)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to shorten; to move closer together

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to reduce (spending); to conserve

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to focus intently on; to strain oneself to do - usu. as 根を詰める ➜ 根を詰める

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work out (details)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be on duty; to be stationed

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate
• to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.) - the meaning "to catch one's finger" is predominantly used in Kansai ➜ 指を詰める

suffix / ichidan verb:

• to continue ...; to keep doing ... without a break
• to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly
• to force someone into a difficult situation by ...