noun:

• pushing up with hands under opponent's armpits; armpit push - Sumo term

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• chatter; prattle - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• lapping (up); slurping - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of juicy food being bitten into - onomatopoeia

noun:

• rising diagonally up and to the right
• growing; expanding; soaring

noun:

• top up (e.g. a little bit to remedy an insufficiency) ➜ 足しになる

noun / ~する noun:

• tucking up the hem of one's garments ➜ 尻からげ

noun:

• osteotomy
• finely cutting a fish to cut up its small bones

noun:

• devoted fan who shows up at every event (concert, etc.); groupie - from おまえいつでもいるな - abbreviation - slang

~の noun / noun:

• reserve; spare
• treasured; valued
• (ace) up one's sleeve; trump ➜ とっておき

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy - humble language ➜ 貰う
• to eat; to drink - humble language - polite language
• to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top) - orig. meaning
• to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president)

auxiliary verb / godan ~く verb:

• to get somebody to do something - follows a verb in "-te" form - humble language ➜ 貰う【もらう】

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

ichidan verb:

• to place a hat, etc. on someone's head - archaism
• to award clothing to someone as a reward or a souvenir
• to place the blame or burden of responsibility on someone else
• to use something as an excuse or a pretext

adverb:

• earnestly; intently; determinedly; by all means - archaism
• ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") - archaism ➜ 一体全体【いったいぜんたい】

adjective:

• big; large; great
• loud
• extensive; spacious
• important; decisive; valuable
• older; grown up

noun / ~の noun:

• season (e.g. fruit, fish)

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• in vogue; popular; fresh; up to date

noun / ~する noun:

• pumping up water (e.g. to a high place for energy storage)

noun:

• unbuttoning a collar
• opening up (one's heart)
• open-necked shirt - abbreviation ➜ 開襟シャツ

expression / adjective:

• lazy; indolent; reluctant to get up off one's backside
• clumsy

noun:

• warm-up (before an act or a TV show recording)
• prologue; introduction

~と adverb:

• feelings; memories; imagined items or dreams that sprout up one after the other - onomatopoeia ➜ にょきにょき

noun:

• leaving (something) up to one's man (e.g. husband, boyfriend, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• friend; ally; supporter Antonym: 敵【てき】

noun / ~する noun:

• taking sides with; supporting; standing by; backing up

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• easily; readily; quickly; flatly (refuse) - onomatopoeia
• lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• aloof; morose; stuck-up; standoffish - onomatopoeia
• smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• stirring up trouble to get credit from the solution - From English "match pump, i.e. lighting a match and then putting it out with a water pump"