List: Godan verb with 'ru' ending
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness, to show humanity even to one's enemy, to help one's enemy in difficulty
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form idiomatic expression usually written using kana alone expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) colloquial
- to hit the bull's-eye
- to go as expected, to succeed (e.g. of a plan)
- to strike one's fancy, to tickle one's funny bone, to hit the spot
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) expression
- to fart, to break wind
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be hanged, to be struck dead, to eat one's hat
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to hang (e.g. oneself)
search-only kana form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to find oneself in deep trouble, to be deep in the shit
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to recover a cost, to recover an expense, to get a return on one's investment, to get one's money's worth
search-only kanji form expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to do one good, to be beneficial, to be good for the body or mind, to be helpful, to be useful
- to put oneself in the place of ..., to put oneself in (someone's) shoes
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to fall victim (to), to get into the clutches (of)
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to just appear, to be half out, to be on the tip of one's tongue