noun:

• working one's way up

noun / ~の noun:

• self-made person; veteran

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to lose one's way; to be at a loss

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; to wrap in wafer paper [literal] - idiom

noun:

• the way something ought to be
• the (current) state of things; how things are

noun / ~の noun:

• way of speaking; profession

expression:

• in this way; along these lines; similarly

noun:

• the way back

noun:

• old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• old-fashioned

expression:

• where there's a will, there's a way - proverb

noun:

• mistaken way of writing something; mistaken spelling; wrong way of writing something; wrong spelling

expression:

• the only way (is to ..)

noun:

• inquiring the Buddha way

noun:

• way one walks; one's walk

expression / noun:

• the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life); (just) the way things are ➜ 浮世

noun:

• drawing every character in a similar way; same face syndrome - manga slang

interjection:

• way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!

ichidan verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

• to work one's way up

adverb:

• in this way; like this

~の noun:

• on the way home from work

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to hurry on one's way

expression:

• amateurish and haughty way of doing business; venturing into an unfamiliar line of business (and often failing) ➜ 士族

godan ~る verb:

• to force one's way through

noun:

• behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; 2nd year of junior high sickness [literal] - slang - humorous term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be in luck's way; to get lucky

expression:

• in that way; like that; that way