noun:

• pail-like wooden container typically lacquered in Japanese style, used for holding and serving hot liquids

noun:

• Prime Minister also serving as Foreign Minister

noun:

• leaf, branch with leaves, or paper placed under a serving dish or offering

noun / ~の noun:

• single-serving container (coffee capsule, jam, tea, etc.) - From English "portion type"

noun:

• tall container resembling a serving table (used for serving sake, confectionery, etc.)

noun:

• rudely reaching over one's serving tray to grab food behind it with one's chopsticks

noun / ~する noun:

• serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

noun:

• chopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish ➜ 取り皿

noun:

• female or male prostitute serving a monk; "luring a monk into depredation" [figurative]

noun:

• serving tea; tea server ➜ お茶汲み

noun:

• serving tea (esp. in tea ceremony) - polite language

noun:

• dish placed on the far side of the serving table (kaiseki cuisine); side dishes at a banquet (e.g. sashimi, salad, vinegared dish; not rice or soup) - Food term ➜ 懐石
• resting one's forehead on the chest of one's opponent and grabbing his belt - Sumo term

noun:

• soup or stew over which a beaten egg is poured before serving; egg-bound soup - Food term

noun:

• someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel

noun:

• serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady - polite language ➜ 茶汲み

noun:

• normal serving; medium size serving ➜ 大盛り【おおもり】

noun:

• serving table

noun:

• costume for women serving in the inner palace (Heian period) - archaism

adjectival noun / noun:

• no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken
• hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless
• cannot; must not; not allowed

noun:

• neutral point (in go); intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game

noun / ~する noun:

• military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign

noun / ~の noun:

• one portion; one serving; one person

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• adult; grown-up; person who has come of age

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• fully fledged; established; qualified

noun:

• scholar beholden to the government; self-serving academic; scholar who toadies up to government authorities - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• being in the service of; serving at; holding office

noun:

• small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs)
• meal; food; serving ➜ 御膳

counter:

• counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks

noun:

• arrangement of food (on a dish); serving of (arranged) food