noun / ~する noun:

• opening, either for the day or a "grand opening" (e.g. theme park, botanical garden etc.) - used for ~園 Antonym: 閉園

noun:

• half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)

adjectival noun / noun:

• mystery; something inexplicable; wonder; miracle - four character idiom ➜ 不思議
• unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities)

numeric:

• 10^64 (or 10^80)

noun:

• side or bottom of a ship; ship's hold; bottoms; shipping; tonnage; freight space

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting in half
• painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper - esp. 半折

noun:

• plaything; playing (with a toy)
• gambling
• activity using hand-gestures (esp. playing games or singing songs)

noun:

• biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga) ➜ 羽虱
• small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite) - colloquialism ➜ 羽蟻

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by politicians (in the formulation of a policy or bill) (rather than by bureaucrats) - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another ➜ ばつが悪い
• coherence (e.g. of a conversation)

noun:

• fully raising the curtain when an actor enters or exits (noh)
• curtain with a family crest

noun:

• sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (often a homosexual or transsexual male) - Linguistics term

noun:

• cat tongue; thin cookie or chocolate shaped like a tongue - Food term - From French "langue de chat"

noun:

• Vocaloid; singing voice synthesis software and related products, or a humanoid persona voiced by such software

noun:

• dupion silk; silk that comes from a double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms ➜ 玉繭

noun:

• book or scroll that has been handed down through generations; book of secrets
• delivering a letter

adverb / ~する noun:

• in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

adjectival noun / noun:

• lacking of flair or refinement; lacking interests or hobbies; vulgarity; dull; prosaic

noun:

• acquisition or forfeiture; acquisition (question of whether or not something is acquired) - from 取得 and 喪失

noun:

• main or important road
• influential or important position; the authorities

adverb:

• somehow or other; for some reason

noun / ~の noun:

• something or other

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星
• family crest representing the seven luminaries (with one central circle surrounded by six other circles) ➜ 七曜
• Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine ➜ 真鰯

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to play; to enjoy oneself; to have a good time
• to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)
• to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused
• to go to (for pleasure or for study) - as 〜に遊ぶ
• to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration - Baseball term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

noun:

• position (where one is standing); place where one stands
• position (in society); status; role; station

noun:

• cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle - sensitive