noun / ~する noun:

• looking up while hitting the ball; keeping one's chin up and not looking at the ball while hitting it - Sports term - From English "head up"

noun / ~する noun:

• reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; browsing
• reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand

noun:

• making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on - has a more negative nuance than 甘える ➜ 甘える
• to depend and presume upon another's benevolence ➜ 甘える

noun:

• the "three noes principle" of no drive (indolence), no interest (indifference), and no sense of responsibility (irresponsibility), the term describing the temperament of the Japanese youth of the 1970s - four character idiom

noun:

• speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener - honorific language

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to prune; to trim; to cut back; to clip
• to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest
• to prune (a manuscript); to cut down

noun:

• telop; television opaque projector; device used to broadcast onscreen text (e.g. subtitles, captions)
• onscreen text and images (e.g. subtitles, captions, scrolling tickers, logos)

noun:

• secretary-general; general secretary (esp. of Communist parties of the Democratic Republic of North Korea and the People's Republic of China) ➜ 主席

noun:

• roux (mixture of butter and flour used to make sauces); sauce made from such a mixture - From French
• (Japanese) curry powder; curry sauce made from this powder

expression:

• rubbernecking; the thrill of looking at something scary or unpleasant and wanting to look at it all the more because it is scary or unpleasant

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to cut and hang down; to cut shorter
• to round down (e.g. fraction)

noun:

• (possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance) - four character idiom
• establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)

noun:

• wrapping something in a bamboo mat
• wrapping somebody in a bamboo mat and throwing him in a river (Edo period unofficial punishment)

noun:

• mixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves (byproduct in the process of creating indigo dye)

noun:

• three methods of Chinese divination (Lian Shan of the Xia period, Gui Cang of the Yin period and Zhou Yi of the Zhou period)

noun / suffix noun:

• degree; extent; amount; balance; state; condition

noun:

• (health) condition; state of health

noun / ~する noun:

• adjustment; moderation; regulation
• addition and subtraction

suffix noun:

• slight sign of ...; slight state of ...
• just right for ...

noun:

• departure; setting off; start
• being used up; being consumed; being burnt out
• passage of time; lapse
• rehearsal - abbreviation ➜ 立ち稽古【たちげいこ】
• leading male role in kabuki - abbreviation ➜ 立ち役【たちやく】
• rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; faceoff - abbreviation - Sumo term ➜ 立会い【たちあい】

prefix:

• verb prefix conveying emphasis and sometimes formality

noun:

• within the borders of a country; domestic soil
• inland area
• Japan proper, as opposed to its overseas colonies; interior of country; homeland - used during the WWII era
• (in Hokkaido and Okinawa) the "mainland" parts of Japan (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu)

noun / ~の noun:

• being free from all distracting thoughts; keeping one's mind clear of all worldly thoughts; being free from all ideas and thoughts - four character idiom

expression:

• there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave - proverb

noun:

• something-something; yada yada; so-and-so ➜ うんたらかんたら

~と adverb / ~する noun:

• bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; spunky; energetic - onomatopoeia

~と adverb:

• (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net) - onomatopoeia

~の noun:

• bursting (e.g. seams); tight - onomatopoeia

~と adverb:

• splattering (e.g. cooking oil) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• unstitched, open side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such an open side - abbreviation ➜ 縫腋
• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran ➜ 闕腋の袍

expression:

• to wait for a good opportunity; to come down on the right side of the fence; to see which way the cat jumps; to wait and see at Horagatoge [literal] - proverb