expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if the water is kind to fish, the fish will be friendly toward water too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - idiom ➜ 魚心あれば水心

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to act as a mediator; to serve as a mediator; to act as an intermediary; to be a go-between

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to slide down
• to make a fool of oneself
• to whoop it up; to be on the spree; to cut loose; to mess around

expression / ichidan verb:

• blood flows [literal]
• to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood" - usu. ...の血が流れる - idiom

expression:

• it is not as such; it does not seem as such - archaism
• it should not be as such

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to complain of itching; to be bothered by an itch (or rash, etc.); to feel itchy; to have an itch (or rash, etc.); to itch

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest
• to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder
• to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative
• to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive; to take in
• to be caught up in superstition

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

expression:

• unable to let pass unnoticed; unable to be indifferent; unable to just watch (without doing anything); can't bear to see; can't stand watching; can't just stand by ➜ 見かねる【みかねる】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to touch; to feel
• to experience; to come in contact with; to perceive
• to touch on (a subject); to allude to; to refer to; to mention
• to be in conflict with; to violate (law, copyright, etc.); to infringe

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to proclaim; to make known; to spread (e.g. a rumour)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) ➜ 合わせる
• to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up
• to face; to be opposite (someone) ➜ 顔を合わせる
• to compare; to check with
• to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate) ➜ 遭う
• to place together; to connect; to overlap
• to mix; to combine
• to put blade to blade; to fight

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be piled up; to lie on top of one another
• to come one after another; to happen over and over; to pile up (e.g. stress); to accumulate
• to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time; to happen simultaneously

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of

expression / ichidan verb:

• to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)
• to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up
• to face; to be opposite (someone) ➜ 顔を合わせる
• to compare; to check with
• to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate) ➜ 遭う
• to place together; to connect; to overlap
• to mix; to combine
• to put blade to blade; to fight

godan ~す verb:

• to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across
• to go over (e.g. with audience)
• to pass time (e.g. a winter)
• to surpass; to be better than; to exceed - often 超す
• to move house
• to go; to come - honorific language ➜ お越し

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be the first to speak; to break the silence - idiom
• to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal; to break open

expression:

• let bygones be bygones; the past is the past, the present is the present [literal] - proverb

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• one-coin (i.e. able to be paid for with only one coin, esp. a 500-yen coin, sometimes a 100-yen coin); costing 500 yen; costing 100 yen

noun:

• volume number; reel number; scroll number
• number of volumes; number of reels; number of scrolls; number of turns (of a coil); number of windings (of a transformer, electromagnet, etc.)
• a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk ［かんじゅ・かんず］

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to groan; to moan
• to roar; to howl; to growl
• to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to whiz; to sough; to make a low, dull sound
• to ooh and aah (in admiration)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to sing in a strong, low voice (esp. traditional chant or recitation)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be about to burst; to overflow

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower Antonym: 上がる
• to hang; to dangle
• to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire
• to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded
• to get closer to the present day
• to go south - in Kyoto

noun:

• hit
• success
• guess; prediction
• affability; friendliness
• sensation; touch
• bruise (on fruit)
• situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move (in the game of go)
• bite (of a fish on a hook); strike - also written as 魚信 ➜ 魚信

suffix:

• per; each

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to think about; to take into consideration
• to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something)
• to intend; to decide (to do); to plan
• to come up with; to devise; to scheme
• to predict; to anticipate; to expect
• to suspect; to doubt
• to consider (somebody to be something); to look on