noun:

• standing panel used in Kansai-area rakugo to hide the performer's legs from view; knee-hider [literal]

noun:

• charm; talisman; amulet
• tally
• sign; mark; note

counter:

• fu; unit used in calculation of a hand's score - Mahjong term

noun:

• atman; one's true self, which transcends death and is part of the universal Brahman (in Hinduism) - From Sanskrit "ātman" ➜ ブラフマン

noun:

• suddenly lifting somebody's face by their chin (in a domineering yet romantic fashion) - colloquialism

noun:

• mochi received from one's parents after giving birth (trad. eaten in miso soup to improve lactation)

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term ➜ 中陰

noun:

• training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video); mental dry run - From English "image training"

noun:

• the end; closing; being done for - polite language ➜ 仕舞い

interjection:

• that's it; that's enough; that's all

noun:

• confidence man; con man; company (or person) carrying out credit fraud

noun / ~する noun:

• putting a name (self, company, etc.) on something (e.g. engraving, printing, etc.)

noun:

• comprador; compradore
• person working for a foreign company to the detriment of their own country

noun / ~する noun:

• flooding a company, organization etc. with phone complaints (usu. loosely organized on anonymous online message boards) - abbr. of 電話突撃 - abbreviation - slang

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

adverb:

• something or other; one thing or another; this or that

noun:

• poking one's food around using one's chopsticks; playing with one's food with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

expression / noun:

• one's house; one's home; one's family

noun / ~の noun:

• house; home (one's own)

pronoun:

• (one's) family; (one's) household ➜ 内【うち】

noun:

• authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned
• this office

noun:

• field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly - word borne of confusion between the kanji 擅 and 壇 ➜ 独擅場

noun:

• field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense

noun:

• member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities - humorous term ➜ 帰宅部

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; matrilocal marriage ➜ 婿入り婚

noun / ~する noun:

• growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult
• growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

noun:

• fabless; without fabrication facilities (esp. a semiconductor company that does not own a factory) - From English "fabless"