noun:

• pung (or kong) of south tiles when south is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• pung (or kong) of west tiles when west is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• pung (or kong) of north tiles when north is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• lifting one's buttocks (e.g. through exercise); getting a perkier bum; getting rid of sagging buttocks - From English "hip up"

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to invite; to ask (someone to do); to call (for); to take (someone) along
• to tempt; to lure; to entice; to seduce
• to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy); to provoke ［さそう］

expression:

• anything is better than nothing; kail spares bread; a bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink; tea in the belly (will fill it) for a time [literal] - proverb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about
• to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to freeze; to congeal
• to concentrate one's attention on; to devote oneself to something; to ponder; to meditate

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to correct; to rectify; to reform; to amend; to redress
• to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust ➜ 襟を正す

noun:

• deviation-value-oriented education; education focussed on test results; education that stresses studying and passing exams to raise one's ranking; academic cramming

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be equal to; to be as good as; to be a match for; to rival

noun / ~する noun:

• pressing one's hands together in prayer

noun:

• triangular frame of a thatched roof

expression:

• Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours - at the end of Buddhist correspondence ➜ 敬具

expression:

• seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words - proverb

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to get up (e.g. from bed)
• to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life

expression / adjective:

• not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned - idiom
• having nothing one can do about something; having no options - idiom

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told - humble language
• to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to visit - humble language
• to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.) - from 御機嫌を伺う

expression:

• You must seize every golden opportunity; Strike while the iron is hot; When you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price - four character idiom

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to finish; to end; to be completed
• to merely result in something less severe than expected
• to feel at ease
• to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry - in the negative ➜ すみません

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to treat with sympathy; to console; to be kind to; to appreciate
• to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse; to soothe

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to invite; to ask
• to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to
• to call in; to send for; to summon
• to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in

suffix:

• style; manner
• after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time) ➜ 久しぶり【ひさしぶり】

noun:

• outdoor clothing fashion style for young women; young woman who dresses in outdoor clothing; young woman who enjoys mountain climbing

noun:

• traditional Japanese calendar with pictures; traditional Japanese calendar expressed with pictures for use by illiterates ➜ 盲暦

noun / ~する noun:

• control (of a machine, device, etc.)
• control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management; suppression; keeping in check

noun:

• taking something out; carrying out
• providing money oneself; paying with one's own money
• corbel - Architecture term
• strengthening under a seam (clothing)