expression / ichidan verb:

• to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to assume a posture; to pose; to make a defiant (proud) gesture

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make someone eat ➜ 食らわす
• to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to be harmonious; to get on well; to be intimate or close

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be harmonious; to get on well; to be intimate or close ➜ 睦ぶ

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet

godan ~う verb:

• to be unable to make up one's mind; to be undecided

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do

ichidan verb:

• to hunt a spy; to put a tail on someone; to stalk - from 尾行する and 付ける

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish

expression / ichidan verb:

• to add meat (or weight); to add substance (to an essay, etc.)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed

expression / ichidan verb:

• to meet face-to-face; to discuss unreservedly ➜ 顔を付き合わせる【かおをつきあわせる】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be pleased with; to be to one's liking

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bring someone to grief; to give someone hell ➜ ひどい目にあう【ひどいめにあう】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be hanged; to be struck dead; to eat one's hat - usu. figurative

godan ~る verb:

• to become greasy; to become oily
• to be loud and garish

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations

godan ~く verb:

• to bite at; to snap at; to sink one's teeth into

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to glance over; to skim through; to run one's eye over ➜ 一応【いちおう】・目を通す【めをとおす】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to stick out one's elbows
• to be obstinate; to be haughty

auxiliary:

• if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that - hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle
• as for; on the topic of ［なら］

conjunction:

• if that's the case; if so; that being the case - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ それなら
• if possible; if circumstances allow ［ならば］

noun:

• advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement
• statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug ➜ 効能書き【こうのうがき】