expression / noun / ~する noun:

• being held in suspense; being on edge; scared stiff; one's testicles going up and down [literal] - idiom - male language ➜ 上がったり下がったり【あがったりさがったり】

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to despise; to belittle; to look down on ➜ 軽んじる

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look askance (at); to look contemptuously; to look down on
• to cast an amorous glance at - archaism

noun:

• postponement; deferment; moving down

noun:

• cattail cotton; cattail fluff; bulrush down

expression / ichidan verb:

• to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drop into; to slip into; to let fall into; to slide (something) down

expression:

• up through; up until; down to - as ～に至るまで
• from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ... - as ～から～に至るまで

noun:

• rough scolding; upbraiding; tongue-lashing; dressing-down ➜ 剣突を食わす

noun / ~する noun:

• alighting; getting off; getting down

expression:

• great vigor; tremendous energy; forceful enough to knock down birds in flight [literal] - idiom ➜ 飛ぶ鳥を落とす勢い

adverb / noun / ~する noun / ~と adverb:

• feel disappointed; dejected; lose heart; feel emotionally drained; feel let down - onomatopoeia

noun:

• top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down

noun / ~する noun:

• going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating
• going and coming back

noun:

• upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people
• first and second volumes

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to parch; to fry; to fire; to broil; to roast; to boil down (in oil)

noun / ~する noun:

• investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down
• catching up; overtaking

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down
• to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.)
• to make a sudden visit

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt) ➜ 土を固める【つちをかためる】
• to put together; to collect; to gather; to consolidate
• to make secure; to stabilize; to settle down; to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.); to establish (evidence) ➜ 身を固める【みをかためる】
• to fortify; to reinforce; to support ➜ 国境を固める【こっきょうをかためる】・嘘で固める【うそでかためる】
• to wear for a specific purpose (armor, coat, etc.) - in the form に身をかためる
• to swear; to resolutely vow; to sincerely promise
• to tie tightly; to fasten
• to hold a bow fully drawn

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down
• to leave behind (at death); to give; to confer
• to drip; to ooze; to trickle; to drop

noun / ~の noun:

• ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to tell again and again; to repeat; to refrain; to turn up; to turn down

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out - idiom

noun / adverbial noun:

• utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt; down to the bedrock - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to flick off; to give ... the flick; to send something flying; to hit (a person); to knock down

adverb:

• in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it ➜ 詰まり【つまり】

godan ~む verb:

• to despise; to disdain; to scorn; to hold in contempt; to look down on