noun:

• jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box

auxiliary:

• if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that - hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle
• as for; on the topic of ［なら］

conjunction:

• if that's the case; if so; that being the case - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ それなら
• if possible; if circumstances allow ［ならば］

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to clasp; to grasp; to grip; to clutch
• to make (nigirizushi, rice ball, etc.); to form; to press into shape; to mold; to mould
• to seize (power, etc.); to take hold of

noun:

• wealth and military strength of a country; "rich country, strong army": a slogan from the Meiji era referring to the government's goals for the country - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to filch; to snatch; to pinch; to swindle; to cheat (someone out of something); to rip off
• to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize
• to arrest; to nab; to round up
• to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to compete; to contest; to contend
• to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose
• to deny (e.g. evidence) - usu. in negative form ➜ 争えない

noun:

• first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season
• offering (to the gods)

noun:

• death; the next world

~する noun:

• to pass away; to die

noun:

• the way (to somewhere); how to reach (a place)

godan ~く verb:

• to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to break completely; to (figuratively) bring the house down

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be left blooming; to remain on the stem

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to go wrong; to turn for the worse

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to be on the right track; to go well ➜ いい線行く【いいせんいく】

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to wait for the enemy to tire at ease

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bring (a book) into the world; to publish

expression / ichidan verb:

• to loosen the reins; to let up on (someone)

ichidan verb:

• to hasten (the work); to urge (a person) on

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get distracted; to jump off the track

expression / ichidan verb:

• to retort; to turn the tables (on someone)

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to be on the right track; to go well

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to loiter (on the way); to waste time

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to suit one's speech to the audience ➜ 人を見て法を説け

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to offer for sale; to put on the market