noun:

• study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation)
• English literature; British studies

noun:

• K; k

prefix:

• kilo - abbreviation ➜ キロ

suffix:

• kelvin - abbreviation ➜ ケルビン
• karat (measure of purity of gold); carat - abbreviation ➜ カラット

noun:

• potassium (K) - abbreviation ➜ カリウム
• king (playing card rank) - abbreviation

prefix:

• Köchel (catalogue of Mozart's music)​ - abbreviation ➜ ケッヘル番号【ケッヘルばんごう】

noun:

• kitchen - abbreviation ➜ キッチン

ichidan verb:

• to carry on; to go on with one's life
• to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be coming - abbr. of 来ている ➜ 来る【くる】
• to be popular; to be fashionable - slang
• to be angry; to have blown one's lid - slang ➜ 頭に来る

noun:

• United States of America; USA ➜ アメリカ合衆国
• United States Army; U.S. Army; USA ➜ アメリカ陸軍

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to enjoy oneself to one's hearts content; to enjoy oneself to the full

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun) - after noun ➜ 先輩風を吹かす

noun:

• Raggiana bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana); Count Raggi's bird-of-paradise

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

godan ~く verb:

• to beat vigorously; to rain strikes upon someone; to tan someone's hide; to mercilessly pummel; to beat the daylights out of

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own - often in neg.

adverb / ~と adverb:

• thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; pitapat; pitter-patter - onomatopoeia

~する noun:

• to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound; to palpitate - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Zen monk's waistcoat (short, informal kasaya) - archaism ➜ 袈裟・絡子【らくす】
• ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat
• netsuke; item attached to a netsuke ➜ 根付け

noun:

• red Fuji; when Mt Fuji appears red because of the sun's rays (esp. in the early morning from late summer to early autumn)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to startle someone; to make someone jump out of their skin; to take someone by surprise; to pull someone's butt hair [literal] - idiom ➜ 尻毛

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to dig out; to gouge out; to hollow out
• to scoop; to ladle; to bail
• to jerk (one's chin)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to convey a message (e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass; to pass along; to put across - humble language ➜ 言い伝える

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play innocent; to have a blank facial expression
• to play the fool
• to be in one's dotage

~の noun / noun:

• totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air; mystified; bewildered - four character idiom

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a whack; with a thump - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; gaping; flabbergasted - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• vacantly; blankly; absentmindedly - onomatopoeia ➜ ぽかん
• gaping (of a hole, etc.); suddenly opening - onomatopoeia

pronoun:

• what

prefix:

• how many ［なん］ - followed by a counter ➜ 何か月
• large number of; many ［なん］ - followed by (optional number), counter and も ➜ 何度も・何日も

noun:

• you-know-what; that

expression:

• whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them

interjection:

• what? - expressing surprise
• hey! - expressing anger or irritability

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish
• to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

interjection / noun:

• crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture)
• something worthy of celebration
• giving up ［ばんざい］
• long time - archaism
• eternal life (and prosperity) - archaism

interjection:

• banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray)

noun / ~する noun:

• eating with one's fingers
• snitching food; snatched food; secret eating; food snatched and eaten without the meal starting
• embezzlement; misappropriation; exploiting something
• flirting