expression / godan ~る verb:

• to put up an (emotional) wall (between two people); to become distant - idiom
• to form a wall (of people) - idiom

noun:

• strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building) - four character idiom

noun:

• starting up and developing a business - From English "business produce"

noun:

• taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things
• starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto)
• resuming work after the New Year's vacation ➜ 仕事始め

noun:

• push-up

noun:

• pole used to hand things up a ladder ➜ 才取り

noun:

• wrestler who keeps going up and down the rankings - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lick something up; to lap something up

expression / noun:

• chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words

adjectival noun:

• up-to-date

~の noun / noun:

• paid up; already settled Antonym: 未済

noun / ~する noun:

• bringing up (children)

noun:

• paste-up; collage

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to clean up; to clear away; to put in order

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take up someone's time; to make work for someone

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

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

suffix noun:

• completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ... ➜ 時間切れ

noun:

• running a start-up company after work or on weekends

noun:

• pull-up resistor

godan ~く verb:

• to look up

noun / ~する noun:

• jump up for joy - four character idiom

noun:

• being bunched up together; being crowded together - four character idiom

noun:

• dial-up access; dial-up connection - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• tee-up; teeing (golf)

expression / adjectival noun:

• crumpled up (of a face; like the face of a Japanese spaniel while it's sneezing) - humorous term