noun / ~する noun:

• make a choice among many; select the good (desirable, necessary, relevant) and discard the rest; decision to adopt or reject - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life) ➜ 一命を取り留める
• to ascertain; to make definite - archaism

ichidan verb:

• to crop; to shear; to cut or trim something evenly; to make all the same length - obscure term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

godan ~す verb:

• to knock down the price of
• to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

expression:

• pleased to make your acquaintance (formal phrase used on first meeting someone to encourage them to remember you)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
• to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
• to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
• to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances
• to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with
• to download; to copy from a computer to another medium - IT term
• to make someone swoon (judo) - Martial Arts term
• to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
• to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to whine; to make complaints; to capitulate; to say die; to cry uncle

godan ~む verb:

• to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to blur; to shade off; to gradate
• to obscure; to make ambiguous

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to get along with; to compromise; to make concessions; to come to an agreement

ichidan verb / transitive:

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

expression:

• thousands die to make one hero; one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make sure of; to call attention to; to emphasize; to emphasise

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle - colloquialism

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of
• to decide to - usually written using kana alone ➜ 事にする

~する noun:

• to caricature; to make a caricature of - From English "caricature and -ize"

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt

noun:

• winter daylight; winter sunlight - obscure term
• trying to make the most of each day; devoting oneself to one's parents - obscure term

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt - incorrect variant of 合いの手を入れる ➜ 合いの手を入れる

expression:

• harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; a round egg can be cut into a square [literal] - proverb

expression:

• thousands die to make one hero; one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry [literal] - proverb ➜ 一将功成りて万骨枯る