noun / ~する noun:

• recruitment; invitation; selection; advertisement; taking applications
• raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; subscription; solicitation
• flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance ➜ ご了承

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump; out of form

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• reconciliation; amicable settlement; accommodation; compromise; mediation; rapprochement
• court-mediated settlement ［わかい］ - Law term
• translation of a foreign language into Japanese - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public
• presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance ➜ 上演

noun:

• inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste
• distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability

noun / ~する noun:

• hardening; vulcanization; vulcanisation; sclerosis; curing Antonym: 軟化
• hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; toughening Antonym: 軟化
• upturn (in the market); firming up Antonym: 軟化

noun:

• secret (method, trick, etc.); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); key (e.g. to success); recipe

noun / ~の noun:

• jostling; milling about; crush; being jammed together

~の noun:

• packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of

interjection:

• Aaah!; Oooh!; Oh No!; Oh Boy!; expression of despair, resignation, boredom, disgust, etc. ➜ 嗚呼【ああ】

noun:

• righteous government; just rule; kingship; rule of right; noble path
• easy method; simple approach; short-cut; royal road ➜ 学問に王道なし

noun:

• kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature
• excellent swimmer ［かっぱ］
• cucumber ［かっぱ］ ➜ 胡瓜
• rolled sushi containing a stick of cucumber ［かっぱ］ - abbreviation ➜ 河童巻き

noun / ~する noun:

• racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle
• fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles

noun / ~する noun:

• skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot)
• skipping (over)

noun:

• skip (captain of a curling team); skipper

noun:

• overlap width; margin for pasting together (e.g. two pieces of paper)
• elbowroom; leeway; room; margin; allowance; latitude

noun:

• the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat) - four character idiom

noun:

• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - Food term ➜ ばら寿司【ばらずし】・五目鮨【ごもくずし】

noun / ~する noun:

• self-respect
• prudence; not acting rashly; restraining oneself
• taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health

noun:

• gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack)
• Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) ➜ 真鱈【まだら】

pronoun:

• I; me - archaism

noun:

• (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows

suffix:

• affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets - also 丸

noun:

• Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)

noun:

• six copies
• Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 六十六部

noun / ~する noun:

• eating between meals; wasteful eating habits; waste of resources
• living idly; loafing one's way through life ➜ 無駄飯【むだめし】・徒食【としょく】

noun:

• (another's) daughter - polite language
• young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman