noun:

• present (to build up a "friendship" with someone); bribe

noun:

• rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot

noun:

• emphasis (e.g. placed on a word); stress; tone (of voice)

noun:

• visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks
• settling scores

noun:

• a person whose services are at the disposal of another

noun:

• the mid-month's slate of entertainment in a variety hall

noun:

• signature or written seal at the end of a document

noun:

• seeking to improve one's health with a change of climate

noun:

• foreword; preface; introduction ［じょし］
• prefatory modifying statement (of a waka, etc.)

~の noun / noun:

• tagged (esp. with a price)
• notorious; infamous; double-dyed; hardened

noun:

• opening of a new theater (theatre)

noun:

• salted salmon roe (i.e. a mass of immature eggs) ➜ イクラ

noun / ~する noun:

• statement (of a carefully reasoned logical argument); dissertation; enunciation; setting forth

noun / ~する noun:

• looking down (from the heavens); visit of a high-ranking person

noun:

• wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings)

noun:

• critical remark; comment
• grade (at school; e.g. A, B, C)

noun:

• obi-tying ceremony designed to ensure safe birth of a child

noun:

• ancient Chinese vehicle with a compass whose needle always pointed south

noun:

• first water drawn from a well on New Year's Day

noun:

• gift; souvenir; present
• curtain
• handle (on a fusuma or shoji door)

noun:

• rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf

noun:

• first number (e.g. issue of a magazine)
• No. 1 type

noun:

• alcove slab; wooden board placed in a tokonoma; baseboard; base plate ➜ 床の間

noun:

• citing or naming a variety of flowers
• multi-flowered design

noun / ~する noun:

• interview
• stage debut; first appearance
• meeting - humble language ➜ お目にかかる
• trial for a servant ➜ 奉公人