noun:

• rank and file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee

noun:

• highest score; highest number of points; top grade
• peak altitude; highest point

noun:

• ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• special promotion (in rank or grade)

noun:

• sake (implied to be low-grade) - humble language

noun:

• refreshments (implied to be low-grade) - humble language

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep (a student) back (to repeat a grade)

noun:

• orange pekoe (grade of black tea)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised Antonym: 下がる
• to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in
• to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade
• to get out (of water); to come ashore
• to increase - also written as 騰る in ref. to price
• to improve; to make progress
• to be promoted; to advance
• to be made (of profit, etc.)
• to occur (esp. of a favourable result)
• to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.) - often as 〜で上がる
• to be finished; to be done; to be over
• (of rain) to stop; to lift
• to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die
• to win (in a card game, etc.)
• to be arrested ［挙がる］
• to turn up (of evidence, etc.) ［挙がる］
• to be deep fried ［揚がる］
• to be spoken loudly
• to get stage fright
• to be offered (to the gods, etc.)
• to go; to visit - humble language
• to eat; to drink - honorific language
• to be listed (as a candidate) - esp. 挙がる
• to serve (in one's master's home)
• to go north - in Kyoto

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to be complete; to finish - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 出来上がる

~の noun / noun:

• average; medium; common; ordinary

noun / ~の noun:

• mid-grade (item); regular grade

suffix noun:

• same level as; equal to; equivalent to; on par with
• each (e.g. month); every
• row of (teeth, houses, etc.); line of

noun:

• carapace; shell
• 1st in rank; grade A
• instep; back of hand
• the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party; plaintiff (label in legal documents) ➜ 乙【おつ】

noun:

• small chrysanthemum
• small low grade piece of japanese paper used as a kettle rest or as a tissue - obscure term
• paper handed as a means of congratulations in a red light district - obscure term

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• good

noun:

• B grade (in an A, B, C ... system)

noun:

• judge; magistrate ［はんがん］
• 3rd grade official (ritsuryo system); assistant district officer; inspector - archaism ➜ 四等官・尉【じょう】

noun:

• green tea; green leaf tea; non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha) ➜ 抹茶
• medium-grade green tea ➜ 玉露・番茶

noun:

• rough cardboard made from straw
• low-grade paper (used as a lining) - archaism

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fail to earn a credit
• to fail to make the grade

noun:

• main course (of a formal meal)
• extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs) - abbreviation ➜ 本膳料理

noun:

• altitude; height; elevation

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• high-degree; high-grade; advanced; sophisticated; strong

noun:

• fault; defect; flaw; weak point; weakness; shortcoming; drawback Antonym: 美点
• failure (in an examination); failing grade

noun:

• academic year; school year
• year in school; grade in school

noun / ~する noun:

• failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year) Antonym: 及第
• falling short of the standard; not making the grade

noun:

• present stage; current phase
• current rank; present grade

noun / ~する noun:

• rise and fall (e.g. prices); fluctuation

noun:

• difference (rank, grade, quality, etc.); variation

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun / suffix noun:

• wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable
• not allowed; not possible

noun:

• failing grade