expression:

• by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand

noun:

• flat part on the top of the cranium

noun:

• place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat ➜ 避暑

noun:

• ground; land; earth; soil - abbreviation
• the region in question; the local area
• skin
• texture; fabric; material; weave
• base; background
• one's true nature
• narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story)
• real life; actuality
• captured territory (in the game of go)
• noh chorus ➜ 地謡
• accompaniment music (in Japanese dance)
• basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive)
• base part (of multiple shamisens)

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on ➜ 評する

noun:

• classmate; graduates in the same class
• wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament - Sumo term

expression / adverb:

• in truth; in actuality; at heart

expression / noun:

• the truth; the real story

expression / ichidan verb:

• to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse; to ruminate

noun:

• shellfish baked in the shell
• abalone, scallops, etc. simmered in the shell

expression:

• room to breathe (usually in the negative as "no room to breathe") ➜ 立錐の余地もない

noun:

• drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink; drinking party

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to point
• to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person
• to identify; to indicate; to point out
• to play (a game of shogi); to move (a piece) - Shōgi term
• to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance) ➜ 差す

noun:

• on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play
• shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage

expression / adverb:

• in all; in total; collectively - esp. 合わせて, 合せて

expression / conjunction:

• in addition; besides; at the same time - esp. 併せて

noun:

• this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction ➜ 何方【どちら】・其方・彼方【あちら】
• here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is)
• this one (something physically close to the speaker)

pronoun:

• I; me; we; us
• this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)

noun:

• rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring

noun:

• Shinto or Buddhist prayer (read)

noun:

• full cup ("ippai" read backwards) - slang

noun:

• blond hair ("kinpatsu" read backwards) - slang

noun:

• pre-read head - IT term

noun:

• read only mode - IT term

noun:

• read cycle time - IT term

noun:

• read-write head - IT term

noun:

• read-write basis - obscure term