deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
tuft of hair under the temple; sideburns; sidelocks
mixed vegetable and seafood tempura
abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; deep-frying; deep-fried food
deep-fried bread (usu. topped with sugar or roasted soybean flour)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
satsuma-age; deep-fried ball of fish paste
artificially flooded salt farm above the high-tide mark; captured piece; captured stone
fabrication; made-up story; sham; hoax; put-up job; frame-up
kushiage; deep-fried skewered meat and vegetables
woman purported to bring good luck to the man she is near or has sex with
finish; finishing; finishing touches
abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
raised leg; lifting a leg; upturn (in the market); (arch.) sitting cross-legged
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
launch (of a rocket, satellite, etc.); lift-off; end (of a project, theatrical run, etc.); close; party to celebrate the successful completion of a project (run of performances, etc.); wrap party
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
towering; astonishingly high
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
starting up (e.g. business, computer)
price increase; rise in price; wage increase
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
status elevation; upgrading; promotion
tossing (someone) into the air (in celebration)
raising and lowering; fluctuation (of prices, interest rates, etc.); praising and belittling; setting out (meals, etc.) and clearing away; ebb and flow (of the tide); rising and falling (pitch, tone, etc.); modulation
end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation
raising an army; (lit.) raising a banner; launching a new group; launching a business; launching a new party
buying up plots of land; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
hung up; hoist; denounced; severely criticised; kangaroo court
deep-frying without breading or batter; food deep-fried without breading or batter
reading aloud; recitation
explosive increase; rising dramatically; shooting up
unloading (a ship); landing
adoption; acceptance; confiscation; midwifery; midwife
false bottom; fake bottom; raised bottom; exaggeration; overstatement
raising and lowering; loading and unloading (cargo); praising and criticizing
rising tide; incoming tide; flood tide; surge (in popularity, power, etc.); upswing
mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)
entrance curtain (in noh)
deep-frying with little oil
at very frequent intervals; almost every other day; constantly
weightlifting; weight lifting
raising a hem; taking up a hem; hemming (up); shortening (of trousers, skirts, etc.)
high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
bonfire often in temple grounds, usu. of charms, talismans, New Year decorations, etc.; ritual burning of money, cedar sticks, or other objects as an offering
declaration; proclamation; mention
raising (an embankment, levee, etc.); increasing (a budget, fees, etc.); raising; inflating (figures)
flip-up; fold-up; tip-up; top-hinged (e.g. window)
movable floor boards; trap door
increase in interest rates
all over; given in; given up hope; bring to knees
lifting; hoisting; furling; winding
fried food wrapped in nori
tuck at the shoulder (of a child's clothes); shoulder tuck
ridgepole-raising; setting up of the framework of a house
upheaval; upthrust; uplift
high knee (exercise drill where one brings one's knees up high while walking or running)
buying; purchasing; procurement
scraps of food, batter, etc. remaining in deep-frying oil
wearing one's hair up; coming-of-age ceremony where 12 to 13-year-old girls get their long hair tied up; wearing one's hair up with a hairpin (type of hairstyle used by court ladies)
straight-from-the-pot udon; freshly boiled and drained seafood (esp. small fish); seafood served straight from the pot
losing one's means of livelihood; suspension of a samurai's annual rice stipend; fish swimming upwards after biting a fishhook
lightly deep-fried (food, esp. tofu)
pull on the control stick
ceremony of transferring the cremated bones of a family member to an urn
place exposed to winds which blow up from below (usu. a beach); beach exposed to sea winds; fountain
fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute
fry-simmering; cooking by first briefly deep-frying, then simmering in broth; fry-simmered food; fried food in broth
carrying a portable shrine with arms stretched out (i.e. without shouldering it)
agemochi; deep-fried rice cake
commission; brokerage; wages; fee for a prostitute or geisha
hiring a number of geisha for an entertainment
deep-fried bean curd; undercooked
placing a meal in front of one
deep fryer; pot used for frying
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
raising and lowering; praising and blaming
unloading a barge; small pieces of fried tofu; palanquin that carried guests to and from the red light district
bullish market; bull market
soaring skylark; high-flying skylark
almost every day; constantly
tsukeage (term for fried fishcake in Kagoshima); satsuma-age
fried tofu (aburaage) used for inarizushi
inner pleat; the raising of fabric up in the middle to marry bottom edges of yukata and kimono
captured pieces; captured stones
last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)
last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)
last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)
excess of withdrawals over deposits
carry (of digit, bit, etc.)
neckband; round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)
fried potato (incl. French fries, chips, croquettes, etc.)
up-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)
tipping a wheelchair back (e.g. to negotiate stairs)
end of the rice harvest; celebration for the end of the rice harvest; increased rice prices in autumn due to a poor harvest
leveling up (one's character, etc.); grinding for levels
sash-window; push-up window
unloading cargo from a boat onto land; pumping water from a river onto land
admirable; praiseworthy; worthy of respect; commendable