noun:

• doctrine that all phenomena are produced from consciousness (a central teaching of the Avatamska sutra) - Buddhism term
• spiritualism (in philosophy) ➜ 唯物

noun:

• mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China

noun:

• word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...") - e.g. 申し訳ありませんが、あいにく ➜ クッションワード

noun:

• Dutch disease; decline in a country's manufacturing sector owing to increased exploitation of natural resources - Business term

noun:

• Far East Command; FEC; United States military headquarters in the western Pacific after World War II

noun:

• eggs; egg; spawn; roe ［卵］
• hen egg
• (an expert) in the making ［卵］
• beginning; origin; infancy ［卵］

noun:

• bread; pastries (e.g. croissants); pastry-based products - originally written 麺麭 or 麪包 - From Portuguese "pão"
• pan; frying pan - From English "pan" ➜ フライパン

noun / ~する noun:

• panning (in a film)

noun:

• out (in baseball, tennis, etc.) - Sports term

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• outer; external; outside

expression:

• no good; out of line; unacceptable; failure

adverbial noun / conjunction:

• etc.; otherwise; besides; in addition; the rest; the others; and so forth - そのた is the more common reading when written

noun:

• beach; seashore
• captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ 揚げ浜
• Yokohama - abbreviation ➜ 横浜
• riverbank; riverside - archaism - Ōsaka dialect

noun:

• particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word - Linguistics term

noun:

• star (esp. television); personality - From English "talent"
• talent; skill
• talent; unit of currency in ancient Greece and Israel ➜ タラント

expression / conjunction:

• in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

noun:

• space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper)
• surface of paper
• letter; writings; document

noun / ~の noun:

• eastern direction
• the Orient

noun:

• eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling) ［ひがしかた・ひがしがた］ - Martial Arts term

noun:

• extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary - esp. エキストラ

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• extra; surplus; excess; additional; special; extraordinary - esp. エクストラ

noun / ~する noun:

• entry; entering; applying to take part; registering to participate (in a competition, etc.)

noun:

• ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shochu) with added sugar ➜ 梅【うめ】

noun:

• cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive (drastic) measure; cutting the (Gordian) knot - four character idiom

noun:

• uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot

noun:

• reader (person)
• person who reads the cards (in karuta games) ➜ 取り手
• composer (of a poem) - also written as 詠み手 ➜ 詠み手【よみて】

noun:

• being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets)
• going in one ear and out the other

noun / ~の noun:

• being very popular; being in great demand

noun:

• octopus dried on skewers

adverb:

• in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all

noun:

• outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo - abbreviation ➜ 外様大名
• outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group