expression:

• how have (you) been? (gen. used after some time apart); nothing (untoward) has happened, has it? [literal] - polite language

expression:

• Look for a big tree when you want shelter; Serve the powerful for your own good

expression / adjective:

• With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good

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

expression / adverb:

• or perhaps I should say; or more precisely; or, how should I put it; or rather ➜ ってゆうか

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to put on top of another
• to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be spoiled (spoilt); to be dampened; to become subdued (e.g. lively atmosphere); to be unamused or bored; to become apathetic
• to fade; to turn white; to grow light (at dawn)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of; to strike on; to hit on an answer; to seize the crux of a problem

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to croak - colloquialism
• to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered

godan ~ぬ verb / ~ぬ verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to go home - Kansai dialect
• to go; to leave - archaism

~ぬ verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to pass (of time) - archaism
• to die - archaism
• to go bad; to rot - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to lay upside down
• to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes)

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to conceal; to hide; to keep secret; to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness) - usu. 臥せる ➜ 臥せる【ふせる】

noun:

• stretching out a string; stretching out like a string
• silk reeling; silk spinning; filature; silk reeler; silk spinner ➜ 糸取り
• pulling someone's strings
• appearance of strings from a Buddha's fingertips when being prayed to (folk belief)
• menstruation - euphemism

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.); to ply between
• to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to commute; to frequent
• to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought) ➜ 血が通う・心が通う
• to resemble

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be revived; to be refreshed; to be restored
• to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp
• to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge; to be touchy

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to look at; to gaze at; to watch; to stare at
• to look out over; to get a view of; to admire (e.g. the scenery)
• to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch; to observe

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wake; to wake up
• to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia)
• to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to suck up; to pump up; to draw up; to absorb; to extract
• to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit
• to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to line up; to put in a row
• to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to join (e.g. a list) ➜ 名を連ねる【なをつらねる】・袂を連ねる【たもとをつらねる】
• to link; to put together; to string together (e.g. compliments); to enumerate ➜ 美辞麗句を連ねる【びじれいくをつらねる】・書き連ねる【かきつらねる】
• to take along with; to bring with

noun / ~する noun:

• arguing someone down; scolding; rebuking
• proclaiming (the truth); expounding

noun:

• human vegetable (i.e. someone in a vegetative state) - sensitive - four character idiom

noun:

• barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)

noun:

• a question of whether or not someone should resign - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• chiefly on the basis of someone's personal character - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• giving someone a peek (of cleavage, etc.) - slang