noun / suffix noun / ~する noun:

• increasing - From English "up"

noun / ~する noun:

• upload - abbreviation ➜ アップロード

noun:

• close-up - abbreviation ➜ クローズアップ

noun / ~する noun:

• finishing shooting (of a film, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ クランクアップ

noun:

• upswept hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ アップスタイル
• being up (i.e. leading in sports)
• warming up - abbreviation ➜ ウオーミングアップ

suffix noun:

• being over; being finished

noun:

• standing on the balls of the feet; unsteady step
• being unsettled; being restless; being ready to flee
• high volatility (in the market); severe fluctuation - Finance term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to become fine (of fabric)
• to be checkmated - Shōgi term
• to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to reach the limits

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be elegant (usu. of a woman); to be graceful; to be refined
• to become well-experienced; to mature

adverb / ~と adverb:

• walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel) - onomatopoeia
• lots of coins or jewels - onomatopoeia
• cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.) - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• thought; thinking; contemplation; consideration - esp. しい
• using wisdom to get to the bottom of things; focusing one's mind; deep contemplation; concentrated thought; deliberating; pondering; reflecting - esp. しゆい - Buddhism term

noun:

• soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times
• Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty ［ぼうじん］

noun:

• close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); retiring ➜ 引け時【ひけどき】
• being outdone; compare unfavourably (with) ➜ 引けを取る【ひけをとる】
• closing price (stockmarket) - abbreviation ➜ 引け値
• sink mark (casting, moulding); shrink mark - esp. ヒケ

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to place one's arms under those of the opponent and lift them up, in order to prevent an overhand grip on one's mawashi - Sumo term

noun:

• new moon - Astronomy term
• first day of the lunar month
• (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to put on a moderate amount of lean or firm weight; to gain healthy weight (e.g. from muscle); to become overweight as opposed to obese

noun:

• battlecry; cheer; cry where one breathes in a large volume of air and then releases it suddenly in a loud cry ➜ 鬨の声

noun / ~する noun:

• rushing at the enemy ➜ 突貫

noun:

• consumption of goods and services by young working adults who live at home, with their basic living expenses covered by their parents; nest-dweller consumption [literal]

noun:

• anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster) ➜ 大蚊
• harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)

expression / noun / ~の noun:

• (something) not coming together (as one had hoped or expected); unfortunate turn of events; unexpected turn; (a) crossbill's beak (which has differently shaped upper and lower parts) [literal] - often as ～の食い違い (with the same meaning) - idiom ➜ 交喙

noun / ~の noun:

• remainder; remnant; rest; balance; surplus; remains (of a meal); leftovers ［あまり］

adverb:

• not very; not much - with neg. sentence
• too much; excessively; overly - esp. as あまりに(も) ➜ あまりに・の余り【のあまり】

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• extreme; great; severe; tremendous; terrible

suffix noun:

• more than; over ［あまり］

noun / suffix noun:

• child
• young (animal) ➜ 仔【こ】
• young woman; young geisha - also 娘
• offshoot
• interest ➜ 元も子もない
• new shares - abbreviation ➜ 子株

noun:

• player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.) ➜ 親【おや】

noun / suffix noun:

• bird egg - archaism

suffix noun:

• -er (often of young women) - after a noun or -masu stem

noun:

• general; admiral
• head; chief; leader; boss; kingpin
• old chap; mate; boss; chief; man - familiar or jocular term for addressing a male - familiar language
• athlete who competes in the last match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.) ➜ 先鋒【せんぽう】

noun / ~する noun:

• shift away from manufacturing to an information and service-based economy - Economics term
• softening
• release (e.g. of a movie) on home video (e.g. DVD, BD, VHS)

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing for women and children (e.g. kimono, yukata) (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

noun:

• expanded system of guilt by association in Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime ➜ 連座制

noun:

• stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence
• radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily) ➜ 基【き】
• root - Mathematics term
• indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs) - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• targetting; aiming at a specific target; pinpointing

noun / ~する noun:

• selective hitting; swinging only at certain types of pitches - Baseball term
• having no choice in a move (e.g. mahjong, go, etc.)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to manage; to control; to run; to handle
• to cut carelessly (of a cook, surgeon, etc.); to slash about - also written as 斬り回す
• to cut around - archaism