noun:

• specimen prepared on a glass slide for use with a microscope - From German "Präparat"

noun:

• private constitutional drafts prepared before the adoption of the Meiji Constitution in 1889

noun:

• stance adopted when prepared to catch an object

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be ready; to be prepared; to be arranged
• to be in order; to be put in order; to be well-ordered; to be well-proportioned; to be harmonious
• to be adjusted; to be regulated; to be refined (e.g. of a face)
• to be settled (e.g. treaty, contract); to be completed

noun:

• kid's meal; special meal prepared for children at a restaurant ➜ お子様ランチ

expression:

• not wanting to live in the same world as one's father's or lord's enemies; being prepared to sacrifice one's life to avenge one's father or lord - from the Book of Rites - proverb ➜ 不倶戴天

noun:

• cooking over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning; food prepared over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning ➜ 別火

~の noun / noun:

• makeshift; improvised; hurriedly prepared; hastily got up

noun:

• taking action although it may result in death; acting while being fully prepared to die

noun:

• egg dishes; food prepared with eggs

noun:

• vinegared rice; rice prepared for sushi - Food term

expression:

• something that comes too late and is useless; like a chrysanthemum prepared for the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar for the Chrysanthemum festival but that blooms only on the tenth ➜ 重陽

~の noun / noun / ~する noun:

• pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance

adjectival noun / noun:

• very careful; thoroughly prepared - four character idiom

noun:

• pilot hole; rough hole; prepared hole

noun:

• continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; remaining on one's guard; being prepared for a counterstroke
• follow-through (e.g. in archery)
• lingering affection; attachment; regret; regrets; reluctance - orig. meaning

adjectival noun / noun:

• poor; lame; ill-prepared - humble language ➜ 粗末

noun:

• teppan-yaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)

noun:

• taste (of prepared dish)

noun:

• elixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China)

noun:

• traditional "Chinese" medicine for the stomach (usually prepared as small dark spherical pills)

noun:

• swallowing a great amount of tea or medicine
• tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year - abbreviation ➜ 大服茶

noun:

• legendary monster resembling a flying squirrel
• Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys) - orig. meaning ➜ ムササビ
• Japanese dish prepared with cooked fish and chicken - esp. 野衾 - Food term

noun:

• southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south) - archaism - derogatory term
• South-East Asia - archaism
• Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies) - archaism ➜ 紅毛

prefix:

• exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style)

noun:

• (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm) - usu.ナンバ
• food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions - abbreviation ➜ 南蛮煮【なんばんに】