noun / ~する noun:

• cultivation (esp. character, virtue, moral sentiment); fostering; training
• penetration (e.g. surface water into an aquifer); recharging (of groundwater)

noun:

• kalpa (eon, aeon) ［こう・ごう］ - Buddhism term
• ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones - usu. コウ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• recipient; receiver; acceptor; taker
• skilled practitioner (of judo, sumo, etc.) - Martial Arts, Sumo term
• person who picks up the cards (in karuta games) ➜ 読み手

noun:

• one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it - four character idiom

noun:

• foil; someone to look as if he's putting up a fight but actually have no chance of winning

noun:

• plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes

noun:

• clausula rebus sic stantibus (legal principle that agreements become non-binding if there is a major, unforeseeable change of circumstances)

noun:

• tao-tie (mythological Chinese creature engraved on bronzeware during the Shang & Zhou dynasties) - archaism
• brutal person - idiom
• coveting of wealth (property, etc.)

noun:

• Nivkh (ethnic minority group of Russia, living near the Amur river and on Sakhalin)

noun:

• bai ze (mythical chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)

noun:

• nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris, species of catshark in the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean)

noun:

• black-barred surgeonfish (Acanthurus polyzona, species of tang known only from Mauritius, Réunion, Madagascar, and the Comoro Islands)

expression:

• something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success - obscure term

noun:

• sweet of egg yolks drawn into strands and boiled in sugar syrup (orig. from Portugal); angel hair; fios de ovos ➜ 南蛮菓子【なんばんがし】

noun:

• Cucurbita pepo; diverse species that includes many varieties of pumpkin, squash and zucchini ➜ ペポ南瓜【ペポカボチャ】

noun:

• cordon bleu; dish of veal or ham with Swiss cheese - Food term
• high-class cooking
• prize-winning chef

noun:

• unloading a barge
• small pieces of fried tofu
• palanquin that carried guests to and from the red light district

noun:

• figure; form; shape
• appearance; dress; guise
• state; condition; picture; image
• form (of a waka) ➜ 和歌

suffix noun:

• dressed in ...; wearing ...

conjunction:

• even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless; on the contrary; as a matter of fact; despite

suffix noun / noun:

• appearing ...; looking ... - usu. after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 様だ
• way to ...; method of ...ing - usu. after the -masu stem of a verb
• form; style; design - usu. after a noun
• like; similar to - usu. after a noun ➜ 様だ

noun:

• thing (thought or spoken)

noun / ~の noun:

• person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)

adverb:

• please; kindly; I beg of you; if it pleases you - humble language ➜ どうぞ
• by all means; without fail ➜ どうぞ

noun / suffix noun:

• system; lineage; group
• corollary - Mathematics term
• system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period) - Geology term
• (taxonomical) series

noun / ~する noun:

• giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction ➜ 名ノリ
• name readings of kanji

noun / ~する noun:

• seasonal change of clothing; changing (one's) dress for the season - reading is gikun for 更衣 ➜ 更衣【こうい】
• renovation; facelift; changing appearance