noun:

• stock (in grafting)
• wood used as a platform (or base, etc.); block (i.e. chopping block); (gun) stock; unworked block of wood

noun:

• octopus - abbreviation
• octopus regulator; alternate second-stage air pressure regulator used as an alternative air source in an emergency

adverb:

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

noun:

• nylon track suit (when worn as street fashion) - slang ➜ シャカパン

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• rattle-rattle; rustle-rustle; whisper-whisper; squiff-squiff - onomatopoeia

expression / noun:

• the Four Freedoms (as defined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear)

expression:

• in the middle of something; busy with something
• in commotion as a result of something untoward happening
• currently importing or capturing data

noun:

• Odontaspididae; family of four species in two genera of lamniform sand sharks, also known as sand tiger sharks or ragged tooth sharks

noun / ~する noun:

• suspension; interruption; stoppage; ban; standstill; halt; hang-up; deadlock; stalemate; abeyance - usu. ていし
• suspension of music, dance, etc. as a sign of mourning for a prominent person ［ちょうじ］

noun:

• being inseparable as a form and its shadow; a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind; husband and wife being never apart - four character idiom

expression:

• a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood - four character idiom

noun:

• ratio indicating the quantity of polished rice gained from a given quantity of brown rice (nowadays usually expressed as a percent)

noun:

• strong person; person putting on a brave front - after the name of a 12th-century warrior monk
• bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.)
• checks; plaid; checked pattern - abbreviation ➜ 弁慶縞

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers) - onomatopoeia
• something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• punctuation marks such as the dakuten
• Chonchon; South American mythical bird - From

noun:

• new rice field; newly developed rice field
• wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)

noun:

• Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters) ➜ 天師道

noun:

• Way of the Celestial Masters (ancient Chinese Daoist movement orig. known as The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice) ➜ 五斗米道

interjection:

• chug!; drink! - chanted repeatedly as a party cheer - abbreviation ➜ 一気に飲む

noun:

• beverage; drink

noun:

• soft drink

noun:

• strong drink

noun:

• tonic drink

noun:

• sports drink - abbreviation

noun:

• health drink

noun / ~の noun:

• at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step")

noun:

• gait; pace; step

~の noun:

• most recent; current

pronoun:

• you; thou

noun:

• someone who has a title but no real duty; useless person ➜ 取り巻き
• actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background (in kabuki) - original meaning ➜ 大名