noun:

• China and Japan
• Chinese and Japanese (languages)
• Chinese Character-Japanese dictionary - abbreviation ➜ 漢和辞典

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• sudden; abrupt; unexpected; improvised; hasty; offhand

noun:

• impromptu skit - sometimes 仁輪加 (ateji) - abbreviation ➜ 俄狂言

noun:

• teacup - abbreviation ➜ 湯呑み茶碗

noun:

• holiday; day off; absence - polite language
• sleep; rest - honorific language

expression:

• Good night - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ お休みなさい

noun:

• return - honorific language

interjection:

• welcome home - abbreviation ➜ お帰りなさい

interjection:

• good morning - from お早く; may be used colloquially at any time of day - abbreviation ➜ お早うございます・早い

noun:

• apron
• apron (airport)
• apron (stage) - abbreviation ➜ エプロンステージ

noun:

• chewing gum - abbreviation ➜ チューインガム
• gum; rubber ➜ ゴム

noun:

• gang
• gangster - abbreviation

noun:

• seminar - abbreviation ➜ ゼミナール

adjectival noun:

• free (of restraint, controls, etc.)
• free (of cost)
• freelance - abbreviation ➜ フリーランス
• one-size ➜ フリーサイズ

adverb:

• before; previously
• ahead

expression:

• Pardon me for leaving (before you) - abbreviation - honorific language ➜ お先に失礼します

noun:

• United Nations; UN - abbreviation ➜ 国際連合【こくさいれんごう】

noun / ~する noun:

• institution; establishment; facility

noun:

• home (for elderly, orphans, etc.) - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• dispatch; despatch; deployment

noun:

• temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp - abbreviation ➜ 派遣社員・派遣労働者

interjection:

• chug!; drink! - chanted repeatedly as a party cheer - abbreviation ➜ 一気に飲む

noun:

• bed; bedding
• sickbed
• alcove - abbreviation ➜ 床の間
• riverbed
• seedbed
• straw "core" of a tatami mat
• floor ➜ 床【ゆか】

noun:

• communism
• Communist Party - abbreviation ➜ 共産党

noun:

• atomic bomb; A-bomb - abbreviation ➜ 原子爆弾

noun:

• junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution - abbreviation ➜ 短期大学

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• relay; hook-up

noun / ~する noun:

• relay broadcasting - abbreviation ➜ 中継放送【ちゅうけいほうそう】

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 / ~の noun:

• substance; real form
• main part; main unit; body (of a machine)

noun:

• this machine; this appliance

noun / ~の noun:

• object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
• noumenon

noun:

• base price; pre-tax price - abbreviation ➜ 本体価格【ほんたいかかく】

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• something carried (in the hand); handheld; portable

noun:

• mobile telephone; cell phone - abbreviation - colloquialism - usually written using kana alone ➜ 携帯電話

noun / suffix noun:

• departure; departing (from ...); departing (at time ...) ➜ 着【ちゃく】
• sending; sent (by ...); sent (at ...)
• engine - abbreviation ➜ 発動機

counter:

• counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.; counter for bullets, bombs, etc.; counter for blows (punches) - also ぱつ