noun:

• ball
• ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone) - Baseball term
• bowl
• board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ ボール紙

adjective:

• painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally)
• tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations) ➜ 辛い【づらい】
• cruel; harsh; cold

adverb:

• first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now
• hardly (with neg. verb)

noun:

• meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
• goal; intent; object; aim; point ［趣旨］

noun:

• beach; seashore
• captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ 揚げ浜
• Yokohama - abbreviation ➜ 横浜
• riverbank; riverside - archaism - Ōsaka dialect

noun / ~する noun:

• making necessary arrangements; laying the groundwork
• digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

noun / ~する noun:

• close examination; careful selection; testing; scrutiny
• examination of criminal charges
• reciting and appreciating traditional poetry - orig. meaning - archaism

adverb:

• first of all; at once; right away
• for now; for the time being

noun:

• star (esp. television); personality - From English "talent"
• talent; skill
• talent; unit of currency in ancient Greece and Israel ➜ タラント

noun:

• the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)

noun:

• administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures

noun:

• space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper)
• surface of paper
• letter; writings; document

noun:

• proxy; ringer; substitute; double
• second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• white heat; incandescence
• becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax

noun / ~の noun:

• innocence; guiltlessness; false accusation; false charge

noun:

• absence of the fact; insubstantiality; lacking substance
• insincerity; dishonesty - archaism

noun:

• variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions

noun:

• heart; mind

noun / suffix:

• spirit; vitality; inner strength ➜ 愛郷心
• Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】
• friend - archaism

noun / suffix noun:

• ratio; proportion

noun:

• match; equal
• explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing) ➜ 六義
• Philippines - abbreviation ➜ 比律賓

suffix noun:

• in comparison with ... - after a noun

noun / ~する noun:

• loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage
• decrease (in value); reduction

suffix:

• through; throughout; in the course of
• all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; monomania; obsession
• susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

noun:

• binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis
• being tied down with money - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to

noun:

• one's every action; every single move
• slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work

noun:

• vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine
• thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth