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起こる おこる (v5r) to occur; to happen 1107
起こす おこす (v5s) to raise; to cause; to wake someone 1259
起点 きてん (n) starting point 1418
起きる おきる (v1) to get up; to rise 2010
起源 きげん (n) origin; beginning; rise 2644
起用 きよう (n) appointment; promotion 2787
引き起こす ひきおこす (v5s) to cause 3881
起動 きどう (n,vs) startup; starting (e.g. engine, computer) 5252
(n,n-suf) phrase; clause; sentence; passage; paragraph; expression; line; verse; stanze; 17-syllable poem 6371
こう sentence 6371
起工 きこう (n) setting to work 7336
蜂起 ほうき (n) uprising; revolt 7897
提起 ていき (n) bring suit; file a claim; raise a question 7914
起訴 きそ (n) prosecution; indictment 8184
起因 きいん (n) cause 8262
突起 とっき (n) protuberance 9129
文句 もんく (n) phrase; complaint 9633
縁起 えんぎ (n) omen 10396
俳句 はいく (n) haiku poetry (17-syllable poem usually in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables) 10460
巻き起こす まきおこす (v5s) to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy) 10486
挙句 あげく (n-adv,n-t) in the end; finally; at last 12963
隆起 りゅうき (n) protuberance; projection; rising 13250
再起 さいき (n) comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (gram) 13740
起伏 きふく (n) undulation 14261
語句 ごく (n) words; phrases 14284
起業 きぎょう (n) starting a business; promotion of enterprise 14587
起草 きそう (n,vs) drafting; drawing up a bill 14938
喚起 かんき (n) evocation 14959
励起 れいき (n) (electrical) excitation 15925
想起 そうき (n,vs) remembering; recollection; recall 16365
起爆 きばく (n) exploding 16614
発起人 ほっきにん (n) originator; promoter 17127
決起 けっき (n,vs) jump to one's feet; stand up against; rising to action 18105
勃起 ぼっき (n,vs) (male) erection; standing erect; stiffening 18406
起す おこす (io) (v5s) to raise; to cause; to wake someone 19235
起立 きりつ (n,vs) standing up 20278
句読点 くとうてん (n) punctuation marks 20897
起き上がる おきあがる (v5r) to rise; to erect; to get up 21314
起算 きさん (n) starting to count 21530
起工式 きこうしき (n) groundbreaking or cornerstone-laying ceremony 21649
奮起 ふんき (n,vs) stirring; rousing oneself 22341
呼び起こす よびおこす (v5s) to call (to mind); to wake 22385
起電 きでん (n) generation of electricity 22749
字句 じく (n) wording; words and phrases; way of expression 22749
節句 せっく (n) seasonal festival 22948
早起き はやおき (n) early rising 23088
句集 くしゅう (n) collection of haiku poems 23235
縁起物 えんぎもの (n) talisman; lucky charm 24029
掘り起こす ほりおこす (v5s) to dig up 24217
生起 せいき (n,vs) take place; occurrence; happen 24363
起床 きしょう (n) rising; getting out of bed 24699
起死回生 きしかいせい (n) revival of the dead; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation 24777
発起 ほっき (n) proposal; resolution 24915
絶句 ぜっく (n,vs) become speechless 25113
起つ たつ (v5t) to rise up; to initiate (political) action 25286
惹起 じゃっき (n,vs) bringing about; cause; provocation 25767
句碑 くひ (n) slab with a haiku cut on it 25849
起原 きげん (n) origin; beginning; rise 26648
思い起こす おもいおこす (v5s) to recall; to remember 27433
挙げ句 あげく (n-adv,n-t) in the end; finally; at last 28008
興起 こうき (n) rise; ascendency; aroused energy; high-spirited action 28567
寝起き ねおき (n) ability to wake up 28567
謳い文句 うたいもんく (n) catchphrase; promotional line 28866
躍起 やっき (adj-na,n) desperation; eagerness 29086
起承転結 きしょうてんけつ (n) introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry) 29190
起請文 きしょうもん (n) (historical) written vow to the gods 29316
甚句 じんく (n) lively song; lively dance 29316
一句 いっく (n) a phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem 29519
沸き起こる わきおこる (v5r) to burst; to arise 29519
句点 くてん (n) period; full stop 29736
章句 しょうく (n) chapter and verse; paragraph; passage 30069
起債 きさい (n) issuing of bonds 30308
起居 ききょ (n) behavior; one's daily life 30688
起案 きあん (n) drafting 31088
詩句 しく (n) verse 32076
成句 せいく (n) set phrase; idiomatic phrase 32501
対句 ついく (n) couplet; antithesis 32648
連句 れんく (n) linked verse; couplet 33462
禁句 きんく (n) taboo word 33830
句会 くかい (n) gathering of haiku poets 33830
常套句 じょうとうく (n) cliche 33830
発句 ほっく (n) hokku (haiku); first line (of a tanka), first verse (of a renga) 33830
起毛 きもう (n) nap raising 34381
警句 けいく (n) aphorism 35139
桃の節句 もものせっく (n) puppet festival (3 March) 35139
下の句 しものく (n) the last part of a poem or Bible verse 35577
起請 きしょう (n) vow 36396
起筆 きひつ (n) beginning to write 37405
起稿 きこう (n) drafting 38280
上の句 かみのく (n) the first part of a poem or verse 38280
結句 けっく (adv,n) last line of a poem; finally 38588
引き起す ひきおこす (v5s) to cause 39227
句作 くさく (n) composing haiku poems 39227
五節句 ごせっく (n) the 5 festivals (1 Jan, 3 Mar, 5 May, 7 Jul and 9 Sep) 39227
狂句 きょうく (n) type of comic haiku 39920
名句 めいく (n) famous saying; noted haiku 40619
起重機 きじゅうき (n) crane; derrick 41039
七転び八起き ななころびやおき (n) the vicissitudes of life; always rising after a fall or repeated failures 41039
飛び起きる とびおきる (v1) to jump up to one's feet 41039
起き抜け おきぬけ (n) first thing after rising 41444
美辞麗句 びじれいく (n) flowery words; rhetorical flourishes 41904
句読 くとう (n) punctuation; pause 42342
継起 けいき (n,vs) occurring in succession 42893
殺し文句 ころしもんく (exp,n) "killing" (loving) words 42893
初節句 はつぜっく (n) baby's first annual festival 42893
句法 くほう (n) phraseology; diction 43447
句切る くぎる (v5r,vt) to punctuate; to cut off; to mark off; to stop; to put an end to 44061
共起 きょうき (n) cooccurrence 44709
振起 しんき (n) encouragement; stimulation 44709
起臥 きが (n) daily life 45436
起句 きく (n) opening line; opening line of a (Chinese) poem 45436
隻句 せっく (n) a few words 45436
抱き起こす だきおこす (v5s) to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up 45436
揚げ句 あげく (n-adv,n-t) in the end; finally; at last 45436
揚句 あげく (n-adv,n-t) in the end; finally; at last 45436
秀句 しゅうく (n) splendid haiku; well-turned phrase 46248
朝起き あさおき (n) early rising 46248
二の句 にのく (n) another word; answer 46248
奮い起こす ふるいおこす (v5s) to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up 46248
縁起直し えんぎなおし (n) change of fortune; trying to change one's luck 47205
七転八起 しちてんはっき (n) the vicissitudes of life; always rising after a fall or repeated failures 47205
駄句 だく (n) poor poem 47205
冗句 じょうく (n) redundant phrase 48294
節句働き せっくばたらき (n) working on a day off (to make up for lost time, or to make an impression) 48294
蹶起 けっき (n,vs) jump to one's feet; stand up against; rising to action 48294
一言半句 いちげんはんく (n) a word; a few words; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable 49657
一言半句 いちごんはんく (n) a word; a few words; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable 49657
叩き起す たたきおこす (v5s) to wake up; to rouse out of bed 49657
沸き起る わきおこる (io) (v5r) to burst; to arise 49657
揺り起こす ゆりおこす (v5s) to shake someone awake 49657
麗句 れいく (n) elegant phrase 49657
聯句 れんく (n) linked verse; couplet 49657
慰んだ挙句に捨てる なぐさんだあげくにすてる (exp) to throw a girl away after making her one's plaything 51560
一句詠む いっくよむ (v5m) to make up a haiku poem 51560
一言一句 いちごんいっく each word; word by word 51560
一字一句 いちじいっく (n) word for word; verbatim 51560
一念発起 いちねんほっき (n) be resolved to 51560
引用句 いんようく quotation 51560
烏口突起 うこうとっき (n) coracoid process 51560
下句 げく the last part of a poem or Bible verse 51560
佳句 かく (n) beautiful passage of literature 51560
会社を起こす かいしゃをおこす (exp) to set up a company 51560
楽句 がっく (n) (musical) phrase 51560
慣用句 かんようく (n) idiomatic usage; common usage 51560
慣用語句 かんようごく idiom; idiomatic phrase 51560
起き掛け おきがけ (n) first thing after rising 51560
起き上がり小法師 おきあがりこぼし (n) self-righting doll 51560
起き直る おきなおる (v5r) to sit up 51560
起き伏し おきふし (adv,n) rising and going to bed; daily life 51560
起こり おこり (n) source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis 51560