godan ~る verb:

• to well up; to be overcome with emotion; to be close to tears

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to let things end up as they will; to let nature take its course
• to make do with what one has

noun:

• black terracotta; black soil

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• fertile soil; fertile land; fertility - obscure term ➜ 膏沃

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• fertile soil; fertile land; fertility - obscure term ➜ 膏腴

adjectival noun / noun:

• covering; filled in; gapless; all over - usu. as べたに

prefix noun:

• complete; total - before a noun

adjectival noun:

• cliched; clichéd; hackneyed; corny; predictable - colloquialism

~の noun:

• plaintext - IT term

noun:

• solid printing; solid typesetting - abbreviation ➜ べた組み
• contact print - abbreviation ➜ べた焼き

noun / ~する noun:

• preparing a rice field for planting by flooding it and tilling the soil

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• dullness (esp. of the skin); lack of luster; dirt; soil; contamination

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• (of soil, etc.) soft, dry and crumbly - archaism - onomatopoeia
• sound of quiet walking - onomatopoeia

noun:

• night-soil reservoir dug in the field; field latrine

expression:

• to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture - proverb

noun:

• purse with a metal clasp; handbag (with clasp); pouch (with clasp); coin purse (with clasp) - etym: toad's mouth ➜ 財布

noun:

• kerchief worn by women in former times in Japan in cold weather, covering the whole head (except eyes)

noun:

• picking up a bowl with one's right hand which is already holding one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette) - obscure term

godan ~る verb:

• to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to dust; to remove dust
• to slap; to hit (with the palm)
• to use up money

noun:

• marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens) ［マーガレット］
• Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)

noun:

• poor soil; poor country

noun:

• ground temperature; soil temperature

noun:

• cosmic bowling; bowling in a bowling alley that is lit up like a disco with lots of flashing lights

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pull up; to drag up; to lift up
• to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes)
• to withdraw; to leave; to pull out; to retire
• to promote (someone to a higher position)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to return home

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to expedite the schedule - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list

noun:

• manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
• something that will help one develop in the future

noun:

• pulling up; drawing up; salvage; re-flotation
• raising; increase; upward revision
• repatriation; evacuation