godan verb (-bu), transitive verb
The basic transitive use: moving a person, object, goods, information, or something tangible from one place to another.
この箱を二階まで運んでください。
Please carry this box up to the second floor.
godan verb (-bu), transitive verb
Respectful use in fixed patterns such as お運びになる and お運びくださる, often for someone graciously coming to or going to a place or event.
本日は遠いところをお運びくださり、ありがとうございます。
Thank you for coming all this way today.
godan verb (-bu), transitive verb
move or handle a brush; use an implement
Used with implements such as 筆 or 箸 to describe the controlled movement or handling of the tool, rather than transporting it somewhere.
書家は静かに筆を運んだ。
The calligrapher moved the brush quietly.
godan verb (-bu), transitive verb
carry out; proceed with; steer
Transitive abstract use for handling or steering matters, negotiations, conversations, or arrangements in a certain direction.
交渉を有利に運ぶには、事前の準備が必要だ。
Advance preparation is needed to steer the negotiations in your favor.
godan verb (-bu), intransitive verb
Intransitive abstract use for events, talks, work, or plans proceeding in a certain way; common with adverbs such as うまく and 順調に.
話が思ったよりうまく運んだ。
The discussion went better than expected.