expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if the water is kind to fish, the fish will be friendly toward water too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - idiom ➜ 魚心あれば水心

noun / ~する noun:

• being enraged (indignant, impatient); gnashing the teeth and clenching the arms on the breast (in anger or regret) - four character idiom

expression:

• victory depends on the luck of the day (i.e. it isn't always the strongest who wins)

expression:

• empty vessels make the most noise; the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada [literal] - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend
• to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make somebody drink
• to serve alcohol; to treat somebody to drinks

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to be full ➜ 満ちる
• to wax (e.g. moon)
• to rise (e.g. tide)
• to mature; to expire

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be coming - abbr. of 来ている ➜ 来る【くる】
• to be popular; to be fashionable - slang
• to be angry; to have blown one's lid - slang ➜ 頭に来る

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own - often in neg.

expression:

• if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side

noun:

• steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period)
• administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods) ➜ 政所

noun:

• free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to spur on; to urge forward; to impel
• to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat ［打ち勝つ・打勝つ］
• to overcome (a difficulty)
• to out-hit ［打ち勝つ・打勝つ］

ichidan verb:

• to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off

godan ~す verb:

• to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to deceive somebody into believing (e.g. that black is white); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand; to rise; to stand up ［立つ］
• to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position) ［立つ］
• to depart (on a plane, train, etc.) - usu. 発つ

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish
• to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to cause to embrace; to combine; to conjoin
• to sell strong-selling products and poorly selling products together as a package