adjectival noun:

• bitter (flavor)

noun:

• bitter (type of beer)

expression / adjectival noun:

• clear-cut and straightforward - idiom
• (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright; frank - idiom

interjection:

• Yo! (greeting)
• Wow! (expression of surprise)

noun / ~する noun:

• government service; entering government service
• (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve ➜ 浪人

noun:

• pit; hole - archaism
• kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)

expression:

• I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
• thank you very much (for help, etc.)

noun:

• fragment; splinter
• wane (of the moon)

noun:

• listening attentively
• auricle (of the atrium) ［しんじ］

noun:

• economic unit (entity involved in economic activity, e.g. households, businesses, nations)
• economic unit (measurement of economic activity)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと

adverb:

• (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl
• to shift position (of an object)

noun:

• subject; title
• subject (of an email); subject line

noun / ~する noun:

• discussion; examination
• investigation (of a criminal); questioning

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)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel exhausted (after having been stressed); to feel spent; to feel relieved (from stress)
• to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor; to lose flavour

noun:

• blue sky
• skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit - idiom

noun:

• counting song
• enumerative form (of waka) ➜ 六義

noun / ~する noun:

• making a country prosperous; prosperous country
• Kōkoku era (of the Southern Court) (1340.4.28-1346.12.8)

noun:

• reduced-period procedure; curtailed operation - From English "short time"
• short homeroom (at the beginning and end of the school day) - From English "short time"

noun:

• potbellied sumo wrestler; wrestler with a big belly ➜ あんこ型【あんこがた】
• goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae); monkfish; sea devil - orig. meaning ➜ 鮟鱇【あんこう】

noun:

• festive poem or song
• congratulatory form (of waka) ➜ 六義

noun:

• mouthpiece; cigarette holder; cigarette filter (tip)
• fragrant garnish (for soup) ➜ 吸い物

noun:

• pip (spot on a die)
• small cube (esp. of food); die; dice

noun:

• capsule (moss sporangium)
• capsule (type of dehiscent fruit) ➜ さく果

~の noun:

• superlative; extraordinary; mega; outstanding

noun:

• superdreadnought (class of warships) - abbreviation ➜ 超弩級艦