noun:

• interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues - Sports term ➜ セ・パ

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to raise; to elevate ➜ 手を挙げる
• to do up (one's hair) ➜ 髪を上げる
• to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.)
• to land (a boat)
• to deep-fry ［揚げる］
• to show someone (into a room)
• to summon (for geishas, etc.) ［揚げる］ - usually written using kana alone
• to send someone (away)
• to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll
• to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve
• to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice) ➜ 声を上げる
• to earn (something desirable)
• to praise
• to give (an example, etc.); to cite - usu. 挙げる
• to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.) - usu. 挙げる
• to arrest ［挙げる］
• to nominate ［挙げる］
• to give ［上げる］ - polite language
• to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.) ［上げる］
• to bear (a child)
• to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding) - usu. 挙げる

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• (of the tide) to come in

ichidan verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to vomit

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• to do for (the sake of someone else) - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone - polite language
• to complete ... - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 作り上げる
• to humbly do ... - after the -masu stem of a humble verb to increase the level of humility - humble language ➜ 申し上げる

adjective:

• cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing Antonym: 熱い
• coldhearted; unfeeling; indifferent; unfriendly

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• general; universal
• ordinary; average; common Antonym: 特殊

adjectival noun / noun:

• the same; no different; (just) as if - archaism

adjective:

• equal; identical; the same
• no different (to); just like; equivalent

noun / ~する noun:

• invention

adjectival noun:

• intelligent; clever ➜ 聡明

noun / ~する noun:

• being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear - archaism

adverb:

• before long; soon
• almost; nearly
• finally; in the end; eventually

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• natural; reasonable; obvious
• usual; common; ordinary; commonplace; the norm

noun:

• hostel; dormitory
• bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 律令制

noun / ~の noun:

• pink
• erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic

noun:

• background; scenery; backdrop; setting; circumstance; context
• backing; support (from behind the scenes)

noun / ~する noun:

• bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)

noun:

• the opening(s) (e.g. in a game of go or chess)

noun / ~する noun:

• appearance; presence; attendance
• surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in

adverb / ~と adverb:

• rapidly; one after the other - onomatopoeia
• without hesitation; unreservedly; freely - onomatopoeia
• sound of tramping; stomping - onomatopoeia

noun / suffix noun:

• kind; sort; type; class; genus; order; family
• similar example; parallel; the like

noun:

• vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool
• (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel; turmoil

noun:

• exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much
• misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe

noun:

• vocal message; speech; statement
• prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

noun / ~する noun:

• settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation

noun / adjectival noun:

• composure; calmness

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving the mound; being knocked out - Baseball term ➜ 登板
• resigning from a role or position

noun / ~の noun:

• Koran; Qur'an; Quran; the Islamic holy book - From Arabic "kuran"

noun:

• beach; water's edge
• coastline; national border; before entering the country

noun / ~する noun:

• dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty