が/をつる
①cramp ②hang; suspend
→ Maybe because I suddenly exercised, my calf cramped up.
をつるす
hang; suspend
→ After hanging a wind chime under the eaves, I began to hear its refreshing sound.
を研ぐ
①sharpen ②wash rice
→ I carefully sharpened the dull kitchen knife with a whetstone.
を揉む
①massage; rub ②be jostled; be seasoned ③worry
→ When I said I was tired, my friend massaged my shoulders.
を揺さぶる
shake; stir; move emotionally
→ The strong typhoon winds were violently shaking the trees in the garden.
(が)もたれる
①lean against ②feel heavy in the stomach
→ Standing while leaning against the wall made me feel a little better.
(が)しがみつく
cling to; hold on tightly
→ The frightened child clung to his mother's leg and would not let go.
が付きまとう
①follow persistently ②haunt; accompany
→ She was persistently stalked and was forced to move.
が懐く
become attached to; take to
→ The puppy quickly became attached to me and started following me everywhere.
が/を構う
①care; mind ②look after
→ He is indifferent to clothing and does not care at all how others see him.
を見せびらかす
show off; flaunt
→ He was showing off the expensive watch he had just bought to his friends.
をねだる
beg for; pester for
→ The child stopped in front of the toy store and begged for a new game.
を宥める
soothe; calm; pacify
→ The mother gently held and soothed the baby who would not stop crying.
をいたわる
care for; treat kindly
→ When you are tired, it is important not to push yourself and to take care of your body.
が触れ合う
①touch each other ②interact; connect
→ At the concert, my shoulder accidentally touched the person sitting next to me.
(が)とぼける
①play dumb; feign ignorance ②act absent-minded
→ No matter how much I pressed him, he only played dumb, saying, "What are you talking about?"
をごまかす
①cheat; deceive ②cover up; evade
→ He noticed that the clerk had given him the wrong change, but he stayed silent and took advantage of it.
を脅かす
frighten; scare
→ On a dark road at night, I suddenly shouted "Boo!" from behind and scared my friend.
(が)おびえる
be frightened; be terrified
→ The puppy was terrified by the loud thunder and was trembling.
が戸惑う
be confused; be bewildered
→ I got lost in an unfamiliar place and was confused because I did not know what to do.
を慎む
①be careful; be discreet ②refrain from; moderate
→ In public, you should refrain from making remarks that could cause misunderstandings.
をわきまえる
know; understand; observe proper limits
→ When dealing with older people, it is important to behave with proper manners.
を惜しむ
①regret; lament ②begrudge; spare
→ At the airport, they reluctantly said goodbye to their friend who was leaving for a distant place.
をはばかる
hesitate out of concern; be mindful of
→ He continued talking loudly on the phone without caring about the people around him.
が手こずる
have difficulty with; struggle with
→ The new teacher seems to be having a very hard time dealing with the mischievous students.
が懲りる
learn one's lesson; be chastened
→ After getting burned once, I learned my lesson and decided never to fall for his sweet talk again.
が/をとがめる
①feel guilty ②blame; reprimand
→ Later, my conscience troubled me for having lied to my friend.
を償う
①compensate for ②atone for
→ He spent many years in prison to atone for the crime he had committed.
が凝る
①be absorbed in; be keen on ②be elaborate; intricate ③be stiff
→ She has recently become really interested in baking bread and makes various kinds every weekend.
を凝らす
①strain; concentrate ②devote ingenuity; elaborate
→ In the darkness, I strained my eyes to see if anything was moving.
が~にこだわる
①be hung up on; obsess over ②be particular about
→ He is so obsessed with winning and losing that he seems to have forgotten to enjoy sports.
が徹する
①devote oneself entirely to ②throughout; all through
→ In this project, he devoted himself entirely to a behind-the-scenes role supporting the team.
を極める
①reach the peak; master ②reach an extreme
→ He successfully climbed Everest and reached the pinnacle of his career as a mountaineer.
を遂げる
accomplish; achieve; undergo
→ After years of research, he finally made a groundbreaking discovery.
を掲げる
①hang; raise ②advocate; proclaim
→ A banner with a welcome message was hung at the entrance to the shopping street.
を図る
seek; attempt; plan
→ The government is introducing various measures to revitalize regional economies.
を操る
①manipulate; control ②handle skillfully; command
→ As a puppeteer, he skillfully controls the puppet as if it were alive.
を仕切る
①partition ②manage; run
→ I used partitions to divide the large room into several sections according to use.
を施す
①administer; apply ②decorate; add ③give; bestow
→ The doctor carefully observed the patient and administered appropriate treatment.
が間に合う
be sufficient; serve the purpose
→ We only have this much material today, but it should probably be enough somehow.
をこなす
handle; perform; get through
→ He is a talented actor who can perform any role brilliantly.
がはかどる
make good progress
→ Thanks to being able to concentrate in a quiet environment, my studying went well.
が行き詰まる
reach a deadlock; get stuck
→ No new ideas came to mind, and the research reached a dead end.
が滞る
①be delayed; stagnate ②fall behind in payments
→ Heavy snow has disrupted transportation in many areas.
を据え置く
①install permanently ②leave unchanged; freeze
→ A new monument symbolizing the city was installed in the plaza in front of the station.
が携わる
be engaged in; be involved in
→ He has been involved in developing new drugs for many years.
を携える
①carry; bear ②take along
→ Samurai in the past always carried swords with them.
を募る
recruit; solicit; invite
→ We decided to recruit volunteers to help people who lost their homes in the disaster.
が押し寄せる
surge; flood in; rush toward
→ High waves caused by the typhoon kept crashing onto the coast.
がたどる
①follow a path ②trace; go through
→ Using the map as a guide, I followed the dim mountain path toward my destination.
を探る
①feel/search for ②probe ③investigate; seek ④explore
→ I searched my pocket, but I couldn't find the key.
を裏付ける
substantiate; corroborate
→ No physical evidence emerged to support his testimony.
をうかがう
①watch; probe ②wait for ③infer; perceive
→ I noticed a suspicious man watching what was going on inside the house.
を謀る
plot; scheme
→ They plotted to assassinate the king, but the plan was discovered beforehand.
を欺く
deceive; trick
→ He skillfully deceived people with words and swindled them out of money and valuables.
を阻む
block; hinder; obstruct
→ A large rock blocked the road, preventing us from going farther.
を遮る
①block; screen off ②interrupt
→ I covered the window with thick curtains to block the outside light.
が障る
①harm; interfere with ②get on one's nerves
→ Staying up late is bad for my health, so I try to go to bed early.
を蝕む
eat away at; undermine
→ Years of unhealthy living gradually undermined his health.
がこもる
①shut oneself away ②be trapped/stuffy ③be muffled ④be filled with
→ Unable to recover from heartbreak, he shut himself in his room for a while.
が潜む
hide; lurk; lie hidden
→ The criminal was discovered by police while hiding in an empty house.
を潜める
①hide oneself ②lower; hold; suppress
→ To escape his pursuers, he hid in a dark back alley.
が揺らぐ
waver; shake; become unstable
→ Repeated scandals have severely shaken the government's foundations.
がもめる
①have a dispute; quarrel ②worry; fret
→ Apparently the siblings are arguing over the inheritance.
が翻る
①flutter ②reverse; change suddenly
→ The national flag was fluttering in the wind beneath the blue sky.
を翻す
①turn over ②flutter ③reverse; change
→ He changed his attitude completely, as easily as turning his palm over.
が覆る
be overturned; be reversed; capsize
→ The discovery of new evidence may overturn the accepted theory.
を覆す
overturn; reverse; overthrow
→ His performance was outstanding and overturned all prior expectations.
がゆがむ
①be distorted; warped ②be twisted; distorted
→ The impact of the accident bent my glasses frame.
がこじれる
①become complicated; sour ②worsen
→ A small misunderstanding damaged their relationship, and they still aren't speaking.
が食い違う
differ; conflict; contradict
→ Witness accounts of the incident conflict, making it difficult to uncover the truth.
が隔たる
be separated; be distant
→ After graduation, we came to live in distant towns and rarely saw each other.
を隔てる
separate; divide
→ A barrier of language and culture separates us.
が釣り合う
①balance ②be well matched
→ It is difficult to manage household finances so that income and expenses balance.
が絡む
①be involved; be intertwined ②pick a fight ③twine around
→ Several politicians are said to be involved in this corruption case.
が絡まる
get tangled; become entwined
→ The earphone cord got tangled, and it took time to untangle it.
を絡める
①coat; mix with ②link; combine with
→ The freshly grilled meat tastes great when well coated with sweet-and-savory sauce.
が紛れる
①blend in; get mixed in ②be distracted; ease
→ I got separated from my friend after blending into the festival crowd.
を紛らす
distract oneself from; relieve
→ I decided to immerse myself in work to distract myself from the pain of heartbreak.
がかさばる
bulky; take up space
→ Winter clothes are bulky, so packing them into a suitcase is difficult.
がかさむ
mount up; increase
→ I just started living alone, and buying everything I needed made the costs pile up.
がしなびる
①wilt; shrivel ②become wrinkled
→ The vegetables I forgot to refrigerate have shriveled a little.
が廃れる
①go out of fashion ②decline; die out
→ Miniskirts were once very popular, but now they have completely gone out of fashion.
がよみがえる
come back to life; revive; return
→ Looking at old photos brought back memories of my happy student days.
をもたらす
bring; cause; produce
→ Advances in science and technology have brought many benefits to our lives.
が潤う
①be moistened ②be enriched; prosper
→ The rain finally moistened the completely dry ground.
を潤す
①moisten ②enrich; benefit
→ After exercising, I want to moisten my throat with a cold drink.
が和らぐ
ease; soften; subside
→ After taking the medicine, my severe headache eased somewhat.
がとろける
①melt ②melt emotionally
→ The oven-baked cheese is melting smoothly over the bread and looks delicious.
がくつろぐ
relax; make oneself comfortable
→ After coming home from work, relaxing on the sofa is my greatest happiness.