noun:

• confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough (in the shape of a sword guard)

noun / ~する noun:

• raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level - From English "level up"

noun:

• var. of pottery from Hyogo prefecture
• round balls made from eggs, flour, etc., (local food of Akashi)

noun:

• rakugan; dry confection of starch (e.g. rice, soy or barley flour) and sugar, mixed and pressed into a pattern - Food term
• geese alighting

noun:

• Mt Sumeru (in Buddhism - said to be the highest mountain rising in the center of the world) (centre)

noun / ~する noun:

• success in life; advancement in life; rising in the world - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.)

noun:

• self

expression / adjective:

• waking up early; getting up early; early rising

noun / ~の noun:

• self; oneself

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• self-support

noun / ~の noun:

• self-help

noun / ~する noun:

• self-support

noun:

• self-service

noun:

• self-locking - From English "autolock"

noun:

• self-portrait

noun / ~する noun:

• self-introduction

noun / ~する noun:

• self-recommendation

noun:

• self-interest Antonym: 利他

noun / ~する noun:

• self-admonition

noun:

• self-protection

noun:

• self-consciousness

noun / ~する noun:

• self-sufficiency - four character idiom

noun:

• self-advertisement

noun:

• self-protection