expression:

• to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree [literal] - from Mencius - proverb

noun:

• Ama no Ukihashi (the heavenly floating bridge; by which gods are said to descend from the heavens to the earth) - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations Antonym: 規則を破る

noun:

• Lingchi; Leng Tch'e; slow torture by slicing off parts of the body

godan ~く verb:

• to ascend (the throne); to accede ➜ 付く【つく】
• to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to be hired; to be employed ［就く］
• to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart ［就く］
• to study (under teacher); to be an apprentice ［就く］

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale ➜ 型に嵌める【かたにはめる】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into
• to disguise oneself as
• to change radically; to metamorphose
• to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to offer; to present; to submit; to supply
• to serve (food and drink)
• to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an alter)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.)
• to bleach; to refine
• to rinse (vegetables); to soak
• to sentence someone to public humiliation - archaism ➜ 晒【さらし】

godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する) / transitive:

• to offer; to present; to submit; to supply ➜ 供する
• to serve (food and drink)
• to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an alter)

expression / adjective:

• to ignore; to take no notice of; to give the cold shoulder to; to not associate with; to snub; to refuse to deal with

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to step on; to tread on; to trample on
• to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to visit
• to experience; to undergo
• to follow (rules, principles, etc.); to go through (e.g. formalities); to complete
• to estimate; to guess; to judge; to value; to appraise
• to rhyme ➜ 韻を踏む
• to succeed to (e.g. the throne)

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

expression:

• to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius) [literal] - variant of 木に縁りて... - proverb ➜ 木に縁りて魚を求む【きによりてうおをもとむ】

noun:

• immersion; dipping; in microscopy, immersing both the objective lens and the specimen in a liquid to increase the numerical aperture; in photolithography, filling the air gap between the final lens and the wafer surface with a liquid to increase the resolution

expression:

• to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture - proverb

godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する) / intransitive verb:

• to ripen; to mature
• to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act)
• to be in common use; to come to sound natural
• to become skilled

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to ripen; to mature
• to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act)
• to be in common use; to come to sound natural
• to become skilled

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be hit; to strike Antonym: 外す
• to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed
• to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to apply to
• to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
• to be selected (in a lottery, etc.); to win
• to be successful; to go well; to be a hit
• to face; to confront
• to lie (in the direction of)
• to undertake; to be assigned
• to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.); to be afflicted
• to be called upon (by the teacher)
• to treat (esp. harshly); to lash out at
• to be unnecessary - as 〜するには当たらない, etc.
• to be hitting well; to be on a hitting streak - usu. as 当たっている - Baseball term
• (in fishing) to feel a bite
• (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised; to spoil

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to feel (something) out; to probe into; to check (i.e. by comparison)
• to shave
• to be a relative of a person; to stand in a relationship - as 〜の〜に当たる

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to crow at the break of dawn (of a rooster, etc.); to mark the dawn; to proclaim the dawn

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stick; to paste; to affix - esp. 貼る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (tent)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to form (e.g. ice on a pond)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to fill; to swell

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stick out; to put; to slap

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be expensive

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to keep a watch on; to be on the lookout

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become one tile away from completion ［張る］ - Mahjong term ➜ テンパる・聴牌

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to span; to generate - Mathematics term

noun:

• string of a crown (to prevent it from falling off)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to shake off (e.g. rain from an umbrella)

godan ~う verb:

• to say; to utter; to declare
• to name; to call
• to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise ［言う］

expression / ichidan verb:

• to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one
• to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor - orig. meaning