noun:

• (inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; copycat
• follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)

noun:

• passion; sexual desire; lust
• attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex) - Buddhism term

noun:

• zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze)

prefix:

• honorific prefix referring to the listener - archaism - honorific language

suffix / counter:

• counter for buddhas

noun:

• form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)

expression:

• obviously; as we all know; needless to say; of course; it goes without saying

noun:

• ornament
• dead body used to test a blade
• unlicensed prostitute who always works out of the same cathouse

expression / adjective:

• (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place

noun:

• dark ghost shark (Hydrolagus novaezealandiae, a shortnose chimaera endemic to New Zealand)

noun:

• allotted rice field (ritsuryo system); land distributed to all citizens from which yields were taxed by the government - archaism

noun:

• word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...") - e.g. 申し訳ありませんが、あいにく ➜ クッションワード

adverb:

• straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly; at once

noun:

• Dutch disease; decline in a country's manufacturing sector owing to increased exploitation of natural resources - Business term

noun:

• dyeing one's hair oneself (as opposed to having it done by a hairdresser) - From English "self colour"

noun:

• flesh
• meat
• the physical body (as opposed to the spirit) ［にく］
• thickness ［にく］
• ink pad ［にく］ ➜ 印肉

adverb:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

noun:

• particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word - Linguistics term

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something

noun:

• diminished capacity; diminished responsibility; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• accepting a challenge; returning fire; fighting back; putting up a fight; responding to an attack

noun / ~する noun:

• sowing beans (or pulses, etc.)
• scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits) ➜ 節分

noun / ~する noun:

• seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

noun:

• judicial scrivener; judicial clerk; person qualified to prepare legal documents, handle real-estate transactions, etc.

noun:

• pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc. ➜ 愛称【あいしょう】

noun:

• under the table; word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter