ichidan verb / transitive:

• to mix together (e.g. ingredients); to stir; to mix up

expression:

• to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to get the hang of; to learn the secret to

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have one's heart stop beating
• to be shocked; to be staggered

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to haul up; to pull up (with both hands); to reel in

expression:

• fighting (tilting at) windmills; working oneself up even though there really isn't anything to fight at - four character idiom
• single-person mimicking a wrestling match

noun:

• totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea) - four character idiom

noun:

• Naso (genus of tropical marine surgeonfishes in the family Acanthuridae known as unicorn fishes due to a spike protruding from the forehead)

noun:

• 49th, 51st, 52nd, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th or 60th day of the sexagenary cycle (said to be inauspicious with a high probability of rain) ➜ 間日【まび】

noun:

• new single (by a recording artist)
• person of marriageable age who remains single (e.g. to focus on their career) - From English

~する noun:

• to master (a skill)

noun:

• proprietor; manager; owner; barkeeper
• leader; chief; head
• master (of arts, science, etc.)
• master (recording)
• master (device) ➜ スレーブ

expression:

• Defeat is inevitable for an overconfident army; Being arrogant and overconfident inevitably leads to defeat (failure); Pride comes before a fall - four character idiom

noun:

• entrance exam for a university giving preference to persons who excel in one special field (skill); one-talent oriented entrance examination - four character idiom

noun:

• large bird
• peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish) - esp. 鵬 ➜ 鵬【ほう】
• fenghuang (Chinese phoenix) - esp. 鳳 and 凰 as male and female respectively ➜ 鳳凰

expression:

• I quit!; I'm out!; declaring one quits, mainly used in children's games - children's language - Ōsaka dialect

noun / counter:

• nth person to quit a game - children's language - Ōsaka dialect

adverb / ~の noun:

• for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to gear (engage) with; to be in gear (mesh)
• to bite each other

godan ~す verb:

• to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air

interjection:

• (expression of) effort or strain; Yo-heave-ho!

~する noun:

• to butter up; to suck up to

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be forced to bear the responsibility and resign; to be driven out of office

godan ~る verb:

• to begin to crumble
• to crumble and fall (or collapse) onto another object

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be invited (often to perform for an audience); to be called

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)