noun / ~する noun:

• tub bath; bathing in the open air; bathing or cleaning oneself
• cleaning oneself for religious purification

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make oneself popular without any regard to others; to take all the credit to oneself

noun / ~する noun:

• busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to collect oneself; to chill out; to cool off; to recover oneself Antonym: 感情にはしる

adverb / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; fresh-baked; fresh from the oven - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself - onomatopoeia

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to examine closely; to check up on; to ferret out
• to wash carefully

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be absorbed in; to devote oneself (to); to give oneself over (to)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into
• to disguise oneself as
• to change radically; to metamorphose
• to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pull oneself together; to get one's act together; to brace oneself

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to spare oneself; to spare oneself the trouble ➜ 骨を惜しむ
• to nullify someone's efforts - as 骨を盗むまい, 骨を盗まず, etc. - archaism

~する verb (spec.):

• to inspect; to examine; to check - えっする esp. refers to documents
• to elapse; to pass (time)

godan ~す verb:

• to inspect; to examine; to check - えっす esp. refers to documents ➜ 閲する
• to elapse; to pass (time)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to exert oneself; to devote oneself to

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to spare oneself the trouble; to spare oneself Antonym: 骨を折る ➜ 骨惜しみ

noun:

• performing solo (by oneself); having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled) - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family
• to attire oneself; to outfit oneself

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to enjoy oneself to one's hearts content; to enjoy oneself to the full

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do oneself; to do by oneself
• to start work (on); to commence ➜ 手をつける

yodan ~く verb (archaic):

• to hang oneself; to strangle oneself - archaism
• to wring the neck; to strangle - archaism

lower nidan verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to change; to alter; to revise; to replace - archaism ➜ 改める
• to examine; to check; to inspect - archaism ➜ 改める

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as)
• to claim to be; to call oneself; to wear the title of
• to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to adopt as one's name; to take (a name)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to call out the goods one is selling - archaism