noun / ~する noun:

• recitation (of a Chinese or Japanese poem); chanting; singing
• composition (of a Chinese or Japanese poem); composed poem

noun / suffix noun:

• hole - also read めど for this sense ➜ 穴が開く
• deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.)
• vacancy; opening
• flaw
• profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others
• upset victory (with a large payoff)
• pit (of a theater) - slang ➜ 平土間
• hiding place - archaism
• underbelly (of society, etc.) - archaism

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

noun:

• circle (sometimes used for zero) ➜ 丸【まる】
• 'correct' (when marking) ➜ 二重丸【にじゅうまる】
• symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship) ➜ 〇〇【まるまる】
• period; full stop ➜ 句点
• maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound ➜ 半濁点

noun:

• millionaire ［ちょうじゃ］
• one's superior; one's elder; one's senior
• virtuous and gentle person - archaism
• female owner of a whorehouse in a post town ［ちょうじゃ］ - archaism
• chief of a post town ［ちょうじゃ］ - archaism ➜ 宿駅

noun:

• current net income; net income for the year; current net earnings; current net profit; current term net income; current term net profit; net profit for the year

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to part (usu. of people); to part from; to part with; to be apart from
• to separate (of a couple); to break up; to divorce
• to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

noun:

• natural rate of increase; rate of natural increase

conjunction:

• by the way; incidentally
• even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how) - after the plain past form of a verb

noun:

• yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe) ➜ 湯帷子

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

adverb:

• originally; essentially; naturally; by nature; really; actually
• in the first place; to begin with

noun / ~する noun:

• loss; dropping out; falling by the wayside
• omission; lacuna; gap; hiatus
• desertion; defection
• apostasy

noun / ~する noun:

• striking home; hitting the mark
• coming true; proving to be right; becoming realized

noun:

• (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; futon laid on the floor; sleeping mat Antonym: 掛蒲団

noun:

• turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller

particle:

• if ... then; when
• and - often ...も...ば...も...
• why don't you...?
• the more (one does something) - often ...ば...ほど
• because; since - archaism

noun:

• drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke
• doing something suddenly, without warning

noun:

• the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli) - Buddhism term

noun / ~の noun:

• cloisonne ware ［しっぽう］ - abbreviation ➜ 七宝焼き

noun:

• crop; harvest; ripeness
• income; profits
• loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry) ➜ 空コン

noun / ~する noun:

• mistake; blunder; bungle; goof
• mistakenly announcing a win without having all the requisite tiles - original meaning - Mahjong term

noun:

• snail's pace tactics; walking slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings - four character idiom

noun:

• senior manager; director; person below the department head with responsibility for a particular area

noun:

• true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)

noun:

• finishing touch; completing (something) by executing the final, critical step - four character idiom