noun:

• pine, bamboo and plum (together an auspicious grouping)
• high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower; first, second and third (class) - from 松 down to 梅

noun:

• humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits - honorific language - polite language ➜ 機嫌
• safety; health; well-being; one's situation - honorific language - polite language

adjectival noun:

• in a good mood; in high spirits; happy; cheery; merry; chipper

godan ~む verb:

• to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• standing upright; standing straight; standing erect
• rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to establish oneself in life; to achieve success; to reach a high position
• to begin life (as an adult); to step out into the world

noun:

• standing on the balls of the feet; unsteady step
• being unsettled; being restless; being ready to flee
• high volatility (in the market); severe fluctuation - Finance term

noun:

• humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits
• safety; health; well-being; one's situation

adjectival noun:

• in a good mood; in high spirits; happy; cheery; merry; chipper - usu. as ご機嫌 ➜ ご機嫌【ごきげん】

noun:

• advocacy of consumer rights (product safety, accurate labelling, etc.); consumer activism; consumer advocacy ➜ 消費者主権
• consumer spending; high levels of consumption

noun:

• advocacy of consumer rights (product safety, accurate labelling, etc.); consumer activism; consumer advocacy ➜ コンシューマリズム
• consumer spending; high levels of consumption ➜ コンシューマリズム

noun:

• land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryo system); land given to pay for the expenses of a government office ➜ 職分田

noun / ~する noun:

• overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price) - from palanquin bearers gauging how weary a traveler's feet are, and raising the price accordingly - idiom

noun:

• the five brights (high-scoring combination in hanafuda); the five light cards; the five hikari cards ➜ 花札

noun:

• board; plank
• sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab
• cutting board; chopping board ➜ 俎板
• chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook - usu. as 板さん - abbreviation ➜ 板前・板場【いたば】
• stage (i.e. at a theatre)

godan ~る verb:

• to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point

noun:

• chancy trade (business) with a high turnover rate and uncertain profitability
• the entertainment, eating, and drinking business
• the night entertainment (nightlife) business

noun:

• homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman - derogatory term ➜ お多福・ひょっとこ
• soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc. - abbreviation ➜ お亀蕎麦

noun / ~する noun:

• looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; rummaging; scouring (a place) looking for (something)
• picking out; singling out

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to cheer up; to be stirred up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to have the ladder pulled out from under one [literal]

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

noun:

• red poetry ribbon card (in hanafuda) ➜ 花札
• the three red poetry ribbon cards (high-scoring combination in hanafuda)

noun:

• blue poetry ribbon card (in hanafuda)
• the three blue poetry ribbon cards (high-scoring combination in hanafuda) ➜ 花札

noun:

• private secretary
• flunky; someone who is always following around someone of high rank - derogatory term
• someone who carries a bag for someone; luggage carrier; carrying a bag

noun / suffix noun:

• bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha - Buddhism term
• High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)
• title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory ➜ 本地垂迹説