noun:

• sun symbol (e.g. in a weather forecast)

noun:

• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 博士【はかせ】

noun:

• swatting; deceiving the police into sending armed officers to a particular address

noun:

• traveling entertainer who wears a lion mask and does tumbling acts ➜ 越後獅子

noun:

• regulation baseball (as opposed to the variety played with a rubber ball) ➜ 軟式野球

noun:

• territories in the vicinity of Kyoto ➜ 畿内
• territories in the vicinity of the imperial palace

noun:

• division of the night (from approx. 7 pm to 5 am) into five 2-hour periods - archaism
• the fifth of these periods (approx. 3 am to 5 am)

expression:

• look at both sides of the thing; look at both sides of the shield [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to be the subject of attention; to call people's attention; to be the rage; to be of interest

noun:

• Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit ➜ 瓢箪
• Lagenaria siceraria var. depressa (variety of bottle gourd) ［ふくべ］ ➜ 夕顔

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to carry on one's back
• to be burdened with; to take responsibility for
• to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be conceited; to think highly of oneself ［しょう］ - in the form しょってる ➜ しょってる

noun:

• plain; field
• hidden (structural) member ［の］

prefix noun:

• wild ［の］ ➜ 野ウサギ
• lacking a political post ［や］

noun:

• string; cord
• man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; pimp - oft. as ヒモ - usually written using kana alone

adjective:

• earth-shattering; staggering; to a very great extent
• terrible; frightful; horrible; ghastly

noun / ~の noun:

• barefoot

suffix noun:

• superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement) ［はだし］

noun / ~する noun:

• gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); glide; slide
• taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run

noun:

• general plan; main points; summary; platform (e.g. for a campaign); mission statement

noun:

• pochette; pouch (usu. hung from the shoulder by a long cord) - From French

noun:

• someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter ➜ 表方
• lady consort (to a high personage)

noun:

• great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi) - honorific language - Buddhism term

noun:

• column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box

noun:

• scrum; scrummage
• scram (nuclear reactor)
• huddle (e.g. locking arms in a demonstration)

noun / ~する noun:

• flying
• false start - abbreviation ➜ フライングスタート
• doing something before the arranged time; breaking a street date

noun / ~する noun:

• entering Nirvana; becoming a Buddha
• going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)

noun:

• weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)