adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• without hesitation; with great optimism; vigorously; with great vigor; positively - onomatopoeia
• (pushing or pulling) strongly - onomatopoeia
• (drinking) heavily - onomatopoeia

noun:

• story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend

noun:

• set of dishes served on an individual tray for entertaining guests; banquet ➜ 懐石料理

noun:

• neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers) ➜ 陽明学

noun:

• terminal bonus; lump sum when policy matures
• payout on cancellation of contract

noun:

• quale; qualia (qualities or feelings considered independently of their effects on behavior)

noun:

• Amarna letters (archive of Egyptian correspondence, recorded on clay tablets)

noun:

• neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Wang Yangming and his followers) ➜ 朱子学

noun:

• Song-period neo-Confucianism (based esp. on the teachings of Zhu Xi) ➜ 朱子学

noun:

• spirit of someone on the first O-Bon after their death ➜ 新仏

noun:

• Great Kobe earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island) ➜ 阪神大震災

expression:

• it is often the originator of problems who kicks up a fuss or complains loudest; the one who smelt it dealt it - proverb

noun:

• knight - Shōgi term
• keima (in go); knight's move; stone placed at a knight's jump from another stone of the same color - usually written using kana alone

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
• to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge ➜ 診る
• to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of - usually written using kana alone ➜ 看る
• to view (e.g. flowers, movie) - usu. 観る

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• to try; to try out; to test - usu. after a conative verb as 〜てみる - usually written using kana alone
• to see that...; to find that... - usu. after an aconative verb as 〜てみると, 〜てみれば, 〜てみたら, etc. - usually written using kana alone

expression / ichidan verb:

• to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.) ➜ 活
• to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone; to give someone a pep talk ➜ 喝

noun:

• top star (esp. male lead role in the all-female Takarazuka musical theater troupe); major celebrity

~する noun:

• to block (e.g. the way)

noun:

• block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.)
• bloc

noun / ~する noun:

• block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape) - IT term

noun:

• large ginkgo tree
• ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers - Sumo term

expression:

• fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing - idiom

noun / suffix noun / ~する noun:

• increasing - From English "up"

noun / ~する noun:

• upload - abbreviation ➜ アップロード

noun:

• close-up - abbreviation ➜ クローズアップ

noun / ~する noun:

• finishing shooting (of a film, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ クランクアップ

noun:

• upswept hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ アップスタイル
• being up (i.e. leading in sports)
• warming up - abbreviation ➜ ウオーミングアップ

suffix noun:

• being over; being finished

noun:

• palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination ➜ 科挙
• examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination ➜ 式部省

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to become fine (of fabric)
• to be checkmated - Shōgi term
• to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to reach the limits

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be elegant (usu. of a woman); to be graceful; to be refined
• to become well-experienced; to mature

noun:

• foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot
• going on foot; walking ［徒・徒歩・歩・歩行］ - archaism ➜ 徒歩

ichidan verb:

• to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop