noun:

• spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)

noun / ~する noun:

• moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement
• advance (work, procedure, etc); advancement; progress
• progress (of a disease); disease progression

noun:

• progression (harmonic, melodic) - Music term

noun / ~する noun:

• news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media)
• interview ➜ 取材相手【しゅざいあいて】

noun:

• selection for high office; selecting of fit (talented) persons for higher positions - four character idiom

noun:

• tank for holding excreta (often used for fertilizer) (fertiliser); night soil vat or reservoir

noun:

• grain thief; tool for extracting rice from a bag for sampling

noun:

• tongs (esp. for incense or for use in a Buddhist temple)

noun:

• route for a date; course of activities for dating couples - From English "date course"

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to search (for something desired, needed); to look for - esp. 探す
• to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime) - esp. 捜す

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to fish
• to look for; to search for; to hunt for; to scavenge; to scrounge; to look through; to rummage through ［あさる］

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge ［あさる］

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to ride past (one's stop); to overshoot
• to climb over; to get over ➜ 乗り越える
• to overtake (in a vehicle); to pass

adverb:

• first of all; at once; right away
• for now; for the time being

adverb:

• supposing; even if; granting that; for argument's sake
• temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; monomania; obsession
• susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

~と adverb:

• sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• taking the entrance examination for a school without regard for one's chances of passing

noun / suffix noun:

• departure; departing (from ...); departing (at time ...) ➜ 着【ちゃく】
• sending; sent (by ...); sent (at ...)
• engine - abbreviation ➜ 発動機

counter:

• counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.; counter for bullets, bombs, etc.; counter for blows (punches) - also ぱつ

noun:

• luggage trunk for wrestlers and referees; wicker basket for a wrestler's belt, apron, etc. - Sumo term

expression:

• for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

noun:

• tatami-mat room rented out for meetings, meals, etc.
• place for assignations
• (Edo-period) brothel

expression:

• Look for a big tree when you want shelter; Serve the powerful for your own good

expression / noun:

• pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)

noun:

• safety device for the aged that calls for help if not activated periodically - From English "silver online"

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 辺張待ち【ペンチャンまち】