lower nidan verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to want; to wish for - often now as ...(を)求む ➜ 求める
• to request; to demand - archaism ➜ 求める
• to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job) - archaism ➜ 求める
• to purchase; to buy - polite language - archaism ➜ 求める

expression:

• a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond; quality is quality; an old eagle is better than a young crow; even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself - idiom

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be dented; to be indented; to yield to; to give; to sink; to collapse; to cave in
• to be overwhelmed; to feel down; to be forced to yield; to be daunted; to be snubbed

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いきじめ］ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out
• to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out
• to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between)
• to break up (a fight); to mediate
• to call a draw; to tie
• to push one's way through (a crowd)
• to sell - also written as 頒ける

expression:

• you've hit the nail on the head; that's just what I thought; that's exactly like I feel; that's exactly what I think, too

noun:

• person in the online community who seeks to identify others from the information they post online, or who tries to identify places and objects that appear in comics or games - derogatory term - slang

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be arrested; to be apprehended
• to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to; to adhere to; to be swayed by - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• Japanese sea perch (Lateolabrax japonicus, esp. referring to an adult); Japanese sea bass ➜ 鮬【せいご】・フッコ

godan ~る verb:

• to approach the year end; to be jammed tight

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be balding in the front; to have a receding hairline

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to plow through (a wave) (plough); to tack (against the wind)

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to meet someone in person; to have the pleasure of meeting

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make up the number; to have a complete set of

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be pedantic; to assume the air of a scholar

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to cut a conspicuous figure; to be by far the best

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under - incorr. var. of 足を掬う ➜ 足をすくう【あしをすくう】

noun / adverbial noun / ~する noun:

• exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary - four character idiom

noun:

• aphonia (loss of speech, due to damage to the larynx, etc.) ➜ 失語症

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under - idiom ➜ 掬う

expression / ichidan verb:

• to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into

noun:

• disposition to operate in the red; tendency to have chronic deficits

godan ~る verb:

• to boil down sake, mirin, etc. to reduce the alcohol content