expression:

• avarice brings doom upon oneself; if a hawk-eagle tries to catch two boars at once, the boars will try to run in opposite directions, splitting the hawk-eagle into two and killing it - proverb

noun:

• reason; principle; logic
• general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon) - Buddhism term ➜ 事【じ】
• (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

godan ~う verb:

• to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with

noun:

• (in Japan) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G) ➜ 十二律・仲呂
• (in gagaku) scale similar to Mixolydian mode on G ➜ 呂旋・六調子

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to think of as the main point; to make the main purpose; to put the focus on ➜ 主眼

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut of the preceding cart [literal] ➜ 轍を踏む

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to deceive; to falsify; to misrepresent; to cheat; to swindle; to tamper; to juggle; to manipulate
• to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties)
• to varnish over; to gloss over

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to munch; to crunch
• to dabble in; to have a smattering of

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to see through to the finish; to be seen to the end

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put in order; to arrange; to tidy up; to straighten; to adjust; to fix - esp. 整える
• to get ready; to prepare; to arrange; to supply; to assemble; to buy - esp. 調える
• to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage); to settle - esp. 調える

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to writhe (in pain); to be in agony
• to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to distribute; to arrange; to allot (to a position of authority, etc.) ➜ 配る
• to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating)
• to marry off - archaism
• to exile; to banish - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to distribute; to arrange; to allot (to a position of authority, etc.) ➜ 配する
• to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating)
• to marry off
• to exile; to banish

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be absent; to take a day off
• to rest; to have a break
• to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire
• to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business

noun:

• niche or alcove for an image
• (in Okinawa) portable shrine used to move a deceased from their house to the graveyard

noun:

• counting "stars" to tally the score to date; how well something has gone (e.g. in terms of wins over losses) - Sumo term

noun:

• system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith

noun:

• system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith ➜ 寺請制度

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to cram; to cover completely; to blanket; to fill out; to fill in
• to tessellate - Mathematics term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire

noun:

• card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta) ➜ 読み札

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be dented; to be indented; to yield to; to give; to sink; to collapse; to cave in
• to be overwhelmed; to feel down; to be forced to yield; to be daunted; to be snubbed

adjective:

• able to take a lot of punishment (of a boxer, etc.); able to take a hit - Martial Arts term
• able to keep one's cool when the batter gets a hit (of a baseball pitcher)
• resilient; strong in the face of criticism or adversity