noun:

• bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl - From English "gravure idol"

noun:

• wrestler who keeps going up and down the rankings - 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

adverb / ~する noun:

• slightly (blushing) - onomatopoeia
• suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• distractedly - onomatopoeia

noun:

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

noun:

• giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles - Mahjong term ➜ 降り【おり】

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

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get (become) acquainted; to get to know; to get (become) intimate with; to become friendly with; to become friends

noun:

• miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.)
• cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) ➜ 厨子棚
• (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors ➜ 厨子甕

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

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to put; to place
• to leave (behind)
• to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up
• to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ
• to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc)
• to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
• to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house
• to separate spatially or temporally

godan ~く verb / auxiliary verb:

• to do something in advance - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone
• to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun / ~する noun:

• (the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior)
• one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.)
• trial service (of a servant)

noun:

• hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow) - onomatopoeia
• rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; googly eyes
• rattling sound

godan ~う verb:

• to mind; to care about; to be concerned about; to have a regard for ➜ 構わない

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be an issue; to matter; to create inconvenience

godan ~う verb:

• to keep company; to care for; to look after; to entertain; to pay attention to; to spend time with - usually written using kana alone

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to interfere with; to meddle in

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to tease
• to banish; to prohibit - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law

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