noun:

• riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla) ➜ 猫柳
• Salix gilgiana (species of willow) ［川柳］ - usually written using kana alone
• high-quality coarse tea ［川柳］

noun:

• yellow sand; yellow dust; Asian dust; dust carried on high winds from Mongolia, northern China, and Kazakhstan
• loess ➜ 黄土
• desert ➜ 砂漠

noun:

• interpreter (languages, events, etc.) ➜ 通訳者・説明者
• interpreter; software that decodes and executes a high-level language (e.g. Java, Python, PHP) - IT term

noun / ~の noun:

• high speed; rapidity

noun:

• rapid-service train (not as fast as express); rapid train - abbreviation ➜ 快速電車

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to throw one's chest out; to hold one's head high

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to act self-importantly; to be arrogant; to be high-handed; to puff up - colloquialism ➜ 大きな顔をする・でかい顔する

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to act self-importantly; to be arrogant; to be high-handed; to puff up - colloquialism ➜ 大きな顔をする

noun:

• middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school ➜ 高等部

noun:

• downtown high-rise area; street of office buildings; area of medium to tall business buildings

noun / suffix noun:

• high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to throw one's chest out; to hold one's head high ➜ そっくり返る

noun / ~する noun:

• grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)

noun:

• four brights (high-scoring combination in hanafuda); four bright cards; four light cards; five hikari cards ➜ 花札

expression / noun:

• person of high standing facing no opposition and with a warped view of reality
• The Emperor's New Clothes (tale by Hans Christian Andersen) - orig. meaning

noun:

• high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east - four character idiom

noun:

• chalybeate spring; ferruginous spring; iron spring; hot spring with high iron content

noun:

• top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends

~の noun / noun:

• upside-down ➜ 上下になる

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to excel at; to be proficient at
• to grow old
• to ripen
• to rise high (e.g. the sun)

noun:

• warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
• man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer ［さぶらい］ - archaism

expression / noun:

• goal which is unattainable; prize beyond one's reach; woman who is out of one's league; flower on a high peak [literal]

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to offer; to present - humble language
• to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to do respectfully - humble language

noun:

• samurai costume; old ceremonial costume
• top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends ［上下］ - orig. meaning

noun:

• fountain effect (theory that high sales in the basement of a department store lead to increased sales in the upper levels as well)

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to be choppy; to run high; to swell; to ripple; to billow; to be in discord

noun:

• shower effect (theory that placing high-selling items on the upper floors of a department store will lead to increased sales in the lower floors) ➜ 噴水効果