noun:

• pot - polite language
• typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period - archaism
• working at night
• female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite) - often derog. - usually written using kana alone - slang

noun:

• speedrun; playing through a video game for additional challenge (e.g. as quickly as possible, to obtain the highest score, without using a certain weapon, etc.)

noun:

• going through a cave, grass ring or the interior of a large Buddhistic statue, etc. (symbolizing rebirth)
• narrow grotto (into which a person can barely fit)

adverb:

• purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); deliberately; intentionally
• not necessarily; not particularly; not especially - used with neg. verb
• definitely not - used with neg. verb - archaism

noun:

• kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play ➜ 本狂言・間狂言
• kabuki play; kabuki performance
• make-believe; ruse; trick

noun:

• measure
• square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper)
• box (e.g. on a form)

noun:

• clicking the shutter of a camera without taking a picture (because no film is loaded, or in order to advance the film)

noun:

• woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute ➜ 商売人

noun:

• memorial service; temple service - Buddhism term
• (Nichiren Buddhism) memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of 10th month)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day

expression / ichidan verb:

• to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat

expression / ichidan verb:

• to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet)
• to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution

noun:

• pilaf topped with bechemal or other cheese-based sauce, then oven baked - named after the Doria family of Genoa - From Italian "Doria"
• casserole dish dedicated to the Doria family, often with green, white and red colours

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun:

• near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity ➜ 近い

suffix noun:

• nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to

adverb:

• shortly; soon

adjectival noun / adverb / ~の noun:

• as one would expect
• still; all the same
• even... (e.g. "even a genius...") - as さすがの〜も

noun:

• expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; calculations
• purpose; intention; motive; ulterior motive
• others' opinions of one
• speculation - Finance term

interjection:

• not yet!; cry by the referee when one wrestler is on the attack - Sumo term

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• remaining; left-over

noun:

• stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock

noun:

• sub-temple, esp. a Zen one founded to commemorate the death of a high priest - Buddhism term

expression / adjectival noun:

• triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck [literal]

noun:

• prostitute (esp. one consorting with occupation soldiers after WWII); pan-pan girl

noun:

• Stegostoma (genus of one species of Indo-Pacific carpet shark in the family Stegostomatidae)

noun:

• stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock ➜ 岩盤浴

noun:

• pogo; dance in which one jumps up and down to the beat of the music

noun:

• man (esp. one who is well-respected)
• samurai ➜ 侍

suffix noun:

• person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member