noun:

• this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction ➜ 何方【どちら】・其方・彼方【あちら】
• here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is)
• this one (something physically close to the speaker)

pronoun:

• I; me; we; us
• this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)

noun:

• sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar
• turtleneck (sweater)
• someone who cannot swim

auxiliary verb:

• indicates recollection or realization (i.e. of hearsay or the past); can form a poetic past tense
• indicates continuation from the past to the present
• end; conclusion - also written with the ateji 鳧

noun:

• attending foreign language study at a school near the train station (esp. used as a NOVA catchphrase)

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
• staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves

suffix noun / noun:

• dropping; unloading; removing

noun:

• grated vegetables, fruit, etc.
• grater - abbreviation ➜ おろし金
• using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)

noun:

• establishing something (e.g. a company or a religious order) by oneself; company or religious order founded in such a way - obscure term

noun:

• humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.) ➜ 謙譲語ＩＩ

noun:

• foreign exchange profit or loss; foreign exchange gain or loss

noun:

• school festival; cultural festival; arts festival

noun:

• different sect; different party; different school

noun:

• nursery school; day nursery ➜ 保育園
• nursery room

~する noun:

• to tremble; to shiver (from stress, fear or panic); (figuratively) to experience a sense of stress, fear, or panic - abbreviation - onomatopoeia ➜ ガクガク・ガクガクブルブル・ブルブル

~する noun:

• to tremble; to shiver (from stress, fear or panic); (figuratively) to experience a sense of stress, fear, or panic - onomatopoeia ➜ ガクガク・ブルブル

noun:

• Sanno Shinto (branch of Shinto formed in the Tendai school of Buddhism)

noun:

• expulsion from school ➜ 放校
• dismissal of class (at the end of the day) ➜ 放課

noun:

• parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)

noun / suffix noun:

• coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon)
• attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on
• start; beginning
• origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage)
• architectural member that projects outward
• highest point of the stern of a ship
• amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something - usu. after the -masu stem of a verb as 〜出がある or 〜出がない, etc. - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• holding a job; being employed ［ゆうしょく］ Antonym: 無職
• being learned; being knowledgeable - archaism
• having great artistic talent; being a skilled performer - archaism
• being well-versed in usages or practices of the court or military households - archaism

noun:

• all worldly phenomena; meritorious acts leading to enlightenment - Buddhism term
• (Jodo school) all practices other than recitation of the nembutsu prayer

noun:

• Heian-period boarding school (for children of a specific noble clan) established near the former central university of Kyoto ➜ 大学寮・七大私学

noun:

• falling below quota; not reaching capacity (e.g. a school having fewer applicants for entrance exams than its quota)

noun:

• academic traditions; academic school of thought; method of study

noun:

• college of liberal arts (general education); liberal arts school

noun:

• deep-frying without breading or batter; food deep-fried without breading or batter - Food term