expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手な考え休むに似たり

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down - esp. 静まる
• to calm down; to die down; to subside; to abate; to be suppressed - esp. 鎮まる

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to collapse
• to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom

noun:

• being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil; being broad-minded enough to be tolerant of people of all shades - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of
• to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title); to falsify (e.g. a seal)

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group) ➜ 屯する
• to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group) - colloquialism ➜ 屯する【たむろする】
• to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location) - colloquialism ➜ 屯する【たむろする】

noun:

• attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group)
• to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)

noun:

• hardship now, pleasure later; seeking pleasure only after dealing with difficulties; seeking pleasure only after the happiness of the people is assured (a precept to be observed by a ruler) - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to succeed; to relieve; to replace - esp. 替わる, 替る
• to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to hand over (telephone) - esp. 代わる, 代る
• to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch - esp. 換わる, 換る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to sound hollow
• to get excited; to become restless
• to be thrown too high; to come in high - Baseball term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to be able to say; to get someone to say; to induce someone to say; to let someone speak out

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) - usu. 勤める
• to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) - usu. 務める
• to conduct a religious service - usu. 勤める

expression:

• (particularly) when ... (often in phrases like "the bus just has to be on-time when we are late"); (only) for ...; if we are restricting the discussion to...; in the particular case of

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tie; to fasten; to tighten Antonym: 緩める
• to wear (necktie, belt); to put on
• to total; to sum ➜ 〆る【しめる】
• to be strict with ➜ 緊める【しめる】
• to economize; to economise; to cut down on
• to salt; to marinate; to pickle; to make sushi adding a mixture of vinegar and salt

lower nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise - archaism ➜ 現れる
• to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects) - archaism ➜ 現れる

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of); to go beyond; to go past - esp. 越える
• to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than) - esp. 超える

expression / ichidan verb:

• to leave one's home (behind one); to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to be out on one's own

noun:

• crime for which one's three types of relatives will be punished; crime implicating one's relatives of all three types - obscure term ➜ 三族

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby)
• to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise
• to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck