noun / ~する noun:

• standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself
• overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability; pushing to the limit

expression / noun:

• the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to slip
• to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke)
• to drop; to go down; to come down; to fall (e.g. in status)

noun:

• the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom ➜ 前門の虎後門の狼【ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ】

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom

noun:

• ornamental garden stone (seemingly placed randomly to give the garden a more natural appearance)
• sacrificed stone (in the game of go) ➜ 捨て駒

expression / noun:

• doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of somebody else; being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow [literal] - idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to wound; to injure
• to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.)
• to damage; to chip; to scratch

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to brace one's legs; to straddle; to stand firm; to plant oneself (somewhere); to hold out; to persist

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops)
• to invent; to dream up; to create

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat - またたく is sometimes used transitively
• to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to begin to strike
• to kick out; to forcefully expel; to fire (someone)
• to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal

~する verb (spec.):

• to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.)
• to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to throw (liquid) at; to dash
• to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse); to level (insults)

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to give rein to (imagination); to lend wings to (fancy) ➜ 逞しくする
• to rage with all one's force; to be rampant

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to set a high value on
• to take good care of; to look after

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast
• to cloud up; to fog up; to mist up; to become dim
• to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression); to be downcast
• to look slightly downward (of a noh mask; indicating sadness, grief, etc.) - from 面曇る ➜ 照る【てる】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to conclude a dance; to dance the last dance

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to dwell; to live; to remain
• to stay at; to take shelter at; to stop at; to lodge at
• to be pregnant
• to be part of a constellation
• to be a parasite (bugs, plants, etc.)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tell; to inform; to announce
• to indicate; to signal; to mark