noun:

• tool; means
• ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.)

counter:

• counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose one's way ➜ 道に迷う
• to waver; to hesitate; to be of two minds over; to be puzzled; to be perplexed ➜ 迷い
• to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
• to turn in one's grave

noun:

• uppercase letter; capital letter ［おおもじ］ ➜ 小文字
• large character; large writing
• the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big" ［だいもんじ］
• huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on 16 Aug each year ［だいもんじ］

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best
• to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion)
• to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be stormy; to be rough
• to be ruined; to fall into ruin
• to be in a bad temper; to lose one's temper

noun:

• fallen scraps; scatterings
• leftovers; remainder; pickings; odds and ends

noun / ~の noun:

• student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.) - colloquialism - sensitive

noun:

• volume (sound level)
• volume (books)
• volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); bulk; bulkiness; mass ➜ ボリュームサラダ
• any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound

noun:

• giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
• qilin (Chinese unicorn)
• Kirin (brand of beer) ［麒麟］
• horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day ［騏驎］ - archaism

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play innocent; to have a blank facial expression
• to play the fool
• to be in one's dotage

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• thundering; purring; grumbling (e.g. stomach) - onomatopoeia
• something large and heavy starting to roll - onomatopoeia
• scattered about; common; commonplace; all over - onomatopoeia
• idleness; idling about - onomatopoeia
• having a foreign substance in (e.g. one's eye or stomach) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• thunder - children's language - onomatopoeia

noun:

• tie up; bind; fastening; tightening
• sum; total amount; total
• judo choking (strangling) techniques - Martial Arts term
• last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping - Food term
• completion; conclusion; rounding off ➜ 締めくくり【しめくくり】

counter:

• counter for bundles; counter for faggots; counter for bundles of 2000 sheets of paper

noun:

• end mark; closure mark - esp. 〆

noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:

• video; movie; moving picture
• animation; animated cartoon

noun:

• in-betweens (animation)

counter:

• rank; place (e.g. first place)
• decimal place
• counter for ghosts

particle:

• although; despite; even though; and yet
• whereas; while
• if only; I wish
• in order to

noun:

• bodyguard; bouncer; guard
• bar (e.g. on a door); bolt
• stick or pole used for self-defence - orig. meaning

noun:

• western direction
• Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise) ［さいほう］ - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 西方浄土
• western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo) ［にしがた］ - Martial Arts term

noun / ~する noun:

• rendezvous; meeting; assignation

noun:

• area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony
• waiting room - abbreviation ➜ 待合室【まちあいしつ】
• meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc. - archaism - abbreviation ➜ 待合茶屋【まちあいぢゃや】

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• tearing; ripping; scratching - onomatopoeia
• crunching; munching - onomatopoeia
• stiff; starchy; crisp - onomatopoeia
• (working) hard; actively; vigorously; energetically - onomatopoeia
• making loud noises in succession (firing bullets, vehicle revving up, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• crackling (electricity) - onomatopoeia

noun / suffix noun:

• bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha - Buddhism term
• High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)
• title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory ➜ 本地垂迹説

noun:

• sister
• (Catholic) nun
• female partner in a homosexual relationship ➜ Ｓ【エス】

noun:

• musical note; note symbol
• phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.)
• part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning) ➜ 意符

adjectival noun:

• honest; respectable

noun:

• respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.)
• person in a respectable occupation

noun:

• scroll; rolled book; makimono - usu. 巻(き)物
• scarf; muffler; stole - usu. 巻きもの
• sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling - usu. 巻きもの ➜ 巻き寿司【まきずし】

noun:

• divide; parting; separating; distribution
• carrying two bundles tied together over one's shoulder
• hair parted in the middle - abbreviation ➜ 振り分け髪

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight
• to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet
• to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around; to stand flat-footed