noun / ~する noun:

• hardening; vulcanization; vulcanisation; sclerosis; curing Antonym: 軟化
• hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; toughening Antonym: 軟化
• upturn (in the market); firming up Antonym: 軟化

noun / ~する noun:

• inability to make up one's mind due to worrying about how others will think; hesitation; wavering; vacillation - four character idiom

noun:

• ganguro; young girl who heavily tans her skin, bleaches her hair and wears heavy make-up - poss. also from ガンガン黒い ➜ ギャル

noun:

• accidentally running up a fortune by access the web on your mobile phone; death by packet [literal] - slang ➜ パケット通信

noun:

• partition; division; boundary; compartment
• settlement of accounts
• preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark - Sumo term
• directing; controlling; managing; taking responsibility for

noun:

• megafeps (mnemonic for verbs that never precede infinitives, but rather their gerunds); mind, enjoy, give up, avoid, finish, escape, postpone, stop

noun:

• digging up, removing sprouts from, and replanting tubers (esp. of the sweet potato) to make for a bigger end product

noun:

• light used as a religious offering ➜ 御灯・神灯
• paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to butter up; to try to get on the good side of

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand on ceremony
• to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense

noun / ~する noun:

• vindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss; revenge

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up ➜ 澄む

noun / ~する noun:

• drying up; running dry
• running out; being exhausted; being drained

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to smoke (a cigarette)
• to behave as ... ➜ 先輩風を吹かす
• to accelerate; to rev up ➜ エンジンを吹かす

noun:

• standing in a group; standing up in unison

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to be excited about; to get all worked up about

expression:

• barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house ➜ 門違い

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give up smoking; to stop smoking

noun:

• starting point of a mountain ascent; trailhead (leading up a mountain)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter

noun:

• beat'-em-up game; (one on one) fighting game - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 格闘ゲーム

noun:

• beat-'em-up game; (one on one) fighting game