List: Godan verb with 'ru' ending (irregular verb)
usually written using kana alone expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- not ... for nothing, not ... with nothing to show for it, worthwhile, no wonder ...
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to have an advantage, to have the upper hand, to be favored to win
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to have a point, to have some truth, to have some sense, to have some merit
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be a background factor, to be an underlying reason
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.), to be impossible to comprehend
search-only kanji form proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is, there's a flip side to every coin
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to have something on one's mind, to have (undisclosed) reservations, to feel conflicted
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be popular
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- tomorrow is another day, there's always tomorrow
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be hard to deal with, to be an eccentric, to be idiosyncratic