noun:

• southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south) - archaism - derogatory term
• South-East Asia - archaism
• Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies) - archaism ➜ 紅毛

prefix:

• exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style)

noun:

• (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm) - usu.ナンバ
• food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions - abbreviation ➜ 南蛮煮【なんばんに】

noun:

• fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed)
• location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra ［しゅらじょう］ ➜ 阿修羅【あしゅら】・帝釈天【たいしゃくてん】
• difficulties (in a love relationship) ［しゅらば］ - colloquialism
• crunch time (esp. for cartoonists) ［しゅらば］ - colloquialism

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over ➜ 裏返す
• to look at it from another perspective - usu. as 裏を返せば
• to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

noun:

• seam of joined boards
• cross grain (of wood)
• thick card made from several sheets of washi paper - abbreviation ➜ 板目紙

adverb:

• quickly; swiftly
• already; before

noun / ~の noun:

• long time ago

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving; going home ➜ 暇【いとま】
• quitting one's job
• free time; leisure; spare time

noun:

• frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.)
• scene
• time block (e.g. of a class schedule)

noun:

• surrounding area ［へ・べ］ - archaism
• shore (of the sea) ［へ・べ］

suffix:

• suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc. - esp. え,べ

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

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

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:

• beginning and end

noun / ~する noun:

• doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end

adverb:

• from beginning to end; the whole time; throughout; consistently

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be piled up; to lie on top of one another
• to come one after another; to happen over and over; to pile up (e.g. stress); to accumulate
• to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time; to happen simultaneously

adverb:

• more and more; all the more; increasingly
• at last; finally; beyond doubt
• (at the) last moment; worst possible time

prefix:

• next
• hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence) ➜ 次亜

counter:

• order; sequence; time; times

numeric / prefix:

• one - １ can also be read ワン. 壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents ➜ ワン

~の noun / suffix:

• best

~の noun:

• first; foremost

noun:

• beginning; start
• ace (playing card) ➜ エース
• bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

adjective:

• shallow; superficial Antonym: 深い
• slight (wound); light (sleep); pale (colour); inadequate (knowledge)
• short (time); early; young

noun / suffix noun:

• use; service; role
• post; position
• scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.); hand

noun / prefix / suffix:

• medium; average; middle

noun:

• moderation
• middle school - abbreviation ➜ 中一・中学校
• China - abbreviation ➜ 中国
• volume two (of three) - abbreviation ➜ 中巻

suffix noun:

• during (a certain time when one did or is doing something); under (construction, etc.); while ➜ 話し中
• in; out of (e.g. three out of ten people) ➜ 中【じゅう】

noun:

• diamond (mineral, gemstone)
• diamond; infield - Baseball term
• diamond (card suit)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to float
• to become merry; to be cheerful ➜ 浮かぬ顔
• to become loose; to become unsteady
• to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place - colloquialism
• to be frivolous; to be uncertain
• to have (time, money, etc.) left over; to be saved (e.g. money)
• to have no basis; to be unreliable

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to smash; to crush; to flatten
• to shut down; to put out of business; to force (a company) to close up shop
• to wreck; to break; to block; to thwart
• to butcher; to slaughter; to kill (livestock, for food)
• to kill (time); to while away (the time)
• to waste (e.g. talents)

noun:

• leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.) - Sumo, Martial Arts term
• foothold; pedal

adverbial noun:

• nearly (used to estimate a period of time by rounding up incomplete units) ➜ 丸【まる】

noun:

• one clap
• one beat
• one mora (taken as a unit of time)

expression:

• only; just because
• although; even
• at (place, time); in (time span)