noun:

• platter; serving plate ➜ さらばち・皿鉢料理
• crown of the head - archaism
• flower arrangement in a shallow vase, using sand ［砂鉢］

expression / noun:

• Day of the Rat (esp. the first Day of the Rat in the New Year)
• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots - abbreviation ➜ 子の日の遊び
• pine shoot pulled out in such a manner ➜ 子の日の松

noun / ~する noun:

• being on stage when the curtain opens

noun:

• wooden floor; wooden-floored room
• thinly-sliced food grilled on a cedar board ➜ 板焼き

noun:

• double doors opening from the centre

~の noun:

• double-opening from the centre (e.g. doors, casement windows, etc.)

noun:

• method of filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh

noun:

• daughter; young lady - Izu Oshima dialect
• young man; eldest son - Tōhoku, Hokkaidō dialect
• passive role in a male homosexual relationship - prison slang ➜ 女役

noun:

• turnover (of possession) - Sports term
• (metabolic) turnover
• egg cooked on both sides; eggs over easy - From English
• number of strokes in a set time or distance (swimming) - Sports term

~と adverb / adverb:

• isolated; standing alone - ぽっつり is emphatic - onomatopoeia
• falling in drops (e.g. rain) - onomatopoeia
• saying a single word; muttering just a few words - onomatopoeia

noun:

• false start; jumping the gun - From English "flying start"
• flying start; running start
• broadcasting a television or radio program a few minutes before its scheduled time

noun / ~する noun:

• pardon; extenuation; excuse ［かしゃく］
• borrowing ［かしゃく］

noun:

• borrowing a kanji with the same pronunciation to write a similar-sounding word

noun:

• lost work; lost writings
• partially lost work; literary fragment; work that survives through quotations
• work of a superior quality

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit - onomatopoeia
• irritatedly; impatiently - onomatopoeia
• scorchingly (of the sun) - onomatopoeia
• sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil) - onomatopoeia
• sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc. - onomatopoeia
• oozing out (oil, sweat, etc.); seeping out - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the high side
• on the expensive side; comparatively expensive ➜ 安め【やすめ】

noun:

• wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score - Mahjong term

noun:

• (finger) ring ➜ 指輪
• metal thimble ➜ 指貫【ゆびぬき】
• ring used to constrict a finger to make it small and beautiful - archaism

noun:

• two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets of paper - ateji for "ream"; also written as 嗹
• stanza; verse - also written as 聯
• tribe (in taxonomy) - Biology term
• quinella; quiniela - abbreviation ➜ 連勝式

suffix noun:

• party; company; group; set

counter:

• counter for things strung in a line, e.g. pearls, dried fish, spans of a bridge, etc. - also written as 聯
• counter for falcons - obsolete term

expression / noun:

• good thing; nice thing
• good excuse; good grounds; good opportunity - usu. as 〜をいいことに(して)

interjection:

• interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response - female language

prefix:

• great; grand; large - archaism
• greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior - also written as 正 ➜ 従【ひろき】

noun / adjectival noun:

• a great deal; very much ➜ 大きに

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change; to alter
• to run counter to; to go against; to break (one's word)
• to make a mistake (in); to err

noun:

• Baha'i
• the Baha'i faith
• a member of the Baha'i faith

noun:

• Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations)
• nickname
• section of a village

noun:

• deep draining basket
• hand basket - obscure term
• going to a prostitute - thieves' cant - obscure term - slang

noun:

• playboy; libertine; profligate; debauchee
• (professional) gambler
• person without a steady job; idler; freeloader

noun:

• fortifying mochi; mochi that improves one's strength
• mochi received from one's parents after giving birth ➜ 汁の餅
• mochi given to a toddler on its first birthday

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness
• to be astounded; to astonished
• to have a busy time; to be hectic

noun:

• shaking; shake; jolt; jolting; vibration; tremor; flickering
• unsettledness; instability; vacillating; wavering
• existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word - Linguistics term

noun:

• private secretary
• flunky; someone who is always following around someone of high rank - derogatory term
• someone who carries a bag for someone; luggage carrier; carrying a bag