expression:

• intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy [literal] - idiom

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow wild; to run to waste; to become degenerate
• to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to deteriorate (of skill)

godan ~む verb / auxiliary verb / intransitive verb:

• to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe - usu. after -masu stem

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to try and reach above one's station and fail; to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail; a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns) [literal] - idiom ➜ 猿猴捉月

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to boil; to seethe
• to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to cascade down
• to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit); to seethe (esp. blood)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say ➜ 所謂【いわゆる】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel
• to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension); to remove (e.g. doubt)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to place persons opposite; to come face to face with
• to compare (with); to check (against); to match; to tally

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hammer into place ［打ち止める・打ち留める・打止める・打留める］
• to end (a performance) ［打ち止める・打ち留める・打止める・打留める］ - also うちどめる
• to kill; to slay; to shoot dead; to cut down - 撃ち止める refers esp. to a gun, and 討ち止める to a blade

noun / ~する noun:

• letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader
• contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.) ➜ 投稿

noun / adverb:

• (being) about to start out; (being) about to leave - usu. 出掛けに, etc. ➜ お出掛け
• having just left; (being) on the way

lower nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to end; to be finished; to be exhausted - archaism ➜ 果てる
• to die; to perish - archaism ➜ 果てる

auxiliary verb:

• to do utterly; to do completely; indicates an extreme has been reached - archaism ➜ 果てる

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to drag along; to pull
• to force someone along
• to prolong; to drag out
• to influence strongly; to seduce

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to chase; to run after; to pursue; to follow after
• to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.)
• to drive out; to get rid of; to oust; to expel
• to drive (e.g. a herd)
• to be pressed (e.g. for time) - in passive voice

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to spare (oneself); to be weary of; to shun; to dislike (an activity, an environment); to hate (an activity)
• to take (good) care of

noun:

• official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat) ➜ 京間
• basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music) - Music term
• room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hold in one's mouth

adverb:

• not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently

noun / ~する noun:

• traveling about to gain skill in combat (travelling) - four character idiom

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to clap one's hands in prayer

expression / adjective:

• comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy

noun:

• right to decide; having say (in a decision)

noun:

• those interested in participating; persons wishing to participate

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be caught in one's own trap

noun:

• same hole (in which to live)
• gang; group

expression / adjective:

• comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy Antonym: 居心地が悪い