noun:

• pull tab; pull-tab; ring pull

noun:

• intrauterine device; IUD; contraceptive ring

expression / adjective:

• cannot understand; doesn't make sense; unconvincing; hard to swallow; doesn't ring true

noun:

• characteristic (of a ring or field in algebra) - Mathematics term

noun:

• astronomical halo (ring, etc.)

expression:

• in a circle (ring)

noun:

• purifying salt (thrown in the sumo ring before a bout, after funerals, etc.) ➜ 清めの塩

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to button; to put on (something that envelops, e.g. gloves, ring)
• to have sex; to fuck - colloquialism
• to pigeonhole (into a particular category)
• to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
• to entrap; to set someone up (e.g. frame them for a crime, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• call; summons; paging; curtain call ➜ 呼び出す【よびだす】

noun:

• usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc. - Sumo term
• telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached - abbreviation ➜ 呼び出し電話
• box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse) - archaism ➜ 陸湯
• high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period) - archaism
• unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period) - archaism

expression:

• going well together; good combination - idiom

noun:

• family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle
• design featuring bamboo and sparrows (motif in Japanese painting)

noun:

• rim of a volcano, esp. Mt. Fuji
• wrestling ring - Sumo term
• dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position

noun:

• circular obento box - slang
• something ring-shaped
• handcuffs - as in ワッパをかける

noun:

• Zen monk's waistcoat (short, informal kasaya) - archaism ➜ 袈裟・絡子【らくす】
• ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat
• netsuke; item attached to a netsuke ➜ 根付け

noun:

• pile; pool; collection ➜ 溜まる
• gathering spot ➜ たまり場
• waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring - Sumo term
• liquid runoff from miso preparation
• tamari; variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 溜まり醤油

noun:

• moon (esp. full moon)
• circle fashioned after the moon
• decorative ring on the chest of a monk's stole ➜ 袈裟
• straw trivet
• white crescent-shaped chest patch of an Asiatic black bear ➜ 月の輪熊

noun / ~の noun:

• oblique type; slanted type

noun:

• division ring; skew field - Mathematics term

noun:

• keychain; key chain - From English "key holder"
• key ring (encryption)

noun:

• outrider; herald
• rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term

noun:

• street with tramline; railroad track
• railroading the opponent straight out of the ring - Sumo term ➜ 電車道相撲

noun / ~の noun:

• ideal
• ideal in a ring (i.e. subset of a ring closed under addition and multiplication by elements of the ambient ring) - Mathematics term

noun:

• sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword)
• rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term

noun:

• opposite the front; front seats in a theater; stalls; orchestra seats
• (seat facing) south side of ring - Sumo term

noun:

• anchoring (cognitive bias)
• anchor ring - usu. アンカーリング

noun:

• old-fashioned boys' hairstyle
• Meiji period women's hairstyle
• type of dance in kabuki ［揚げ巻・揚巻］
• knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color) ［揚げ巻・揚巻］ - Sumo term
• constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam - abbreviation ➜ 揚巻貝

noun:

• flipping (e.g. coin)
• two-timing; changing sides - slang
• zapping; channel-surfing ➜ ザッピング
• flipping; ring inversion - Chemistry term ➜ 環反転
• flipping; casting technique in fishing