noun:

• reason; principle; logic
• general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon) - Buddhism term ➜ 事【じ】
• (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

noun / suffix noun:

• seat; place; position
• status
• gathering; group
• stand; pedestal; platform
• (historical) trade guild

suffix:

• attaches to the names of theatres, theatrical troupes, and constellations

suffix / counter:

• counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs ➜ 里神楽

noun:

• one's own country
• home country (as opposed to a colony)
• country of one's ancestors

noun / ~する noun:

• riding together; sharing a car (taxi, etc.)
• doing in collaboration
• backing of the same candidate by different political parties

noun:

• scaffold; scaffolding
• foothold; footing
• foothold (e.g. in business); foundation; base
• convenience for transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail) ➜ 交通の便【こうつうのべん】

noun:

• general; admiral
• head; chief; leader; boss; kingpin
• old chap; mate; boss; chief; man - familiar or jocular term for addressing a male - familiar language
• athlete who competes in the last match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.) ➜ 先鋒【せんぽう】

noun:

• tool; means
• ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.)

counter:

• counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

noun:

• uppercase letter; capital letter ［おおもじ］ ➜ 小文字
• large character; large writing
• the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big" ［だいもんじ］
• huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on 16 Aug each year ［だいもんじ］

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to take off; to jump; to leap
• to take the plunge; to decide; to embark on; to venture into; to launch out into
• to step out of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• direct; right through; straight ➜ 通し【どおし】
• appetizer; appetiser ➜ お通し
• performance of an entire play - abbreviation ➜ 通し狂言

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to
• to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose
• to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• consistency; coherence; integration
• one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb)
• one piece of sushi

noun:

• one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; one's forte
• No. 18; eighteenth ［じゅうはちばん］
• repertoire of 18 kabuki plays ［じゅうはちばん］ - abbreviation ➜ 歌舞伎十八番

noun:

• volume (sound level)
• volume (books)
• volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); bulk; bulkiness; mass ➜ ボリュームサラダ
• any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound

noun:

• top; summit; apex; peak
• twelve o'clock (usu. midnight) ［てっぺん］ - often in てっぺんを回る or てっぺん回る - slang
• top of one's head; top of a helmet; (top of) scalp; crown - esp. 頂辺 when in kanji - obscure term

adverb / ~と adverb:

• rapidly; one after the other - onomatopoeia
• without hesitation; unreservedly; freely - onomatopoeia
• sound of tramping; stomping - onomatopoeia

noun:

• tie up; bind; fastening; tightening
• sum; total amount; total
• judo choking (strangling) techniques - Martial Arts term
• last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping - Food term
• completion; conclusion; rounding off ➜ 締めくくり【しめくくり】

counter:

• counter for bundles; counter for faggots; counter for bundles of 2000 sheets of paper

noun:

• end mark; closure mark - esp. 〆

noun / ~の noun:

• boning (fish or meat); deboning
• watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; emasculation
• taking the backbone out of; weakening

counter:

• rank; place (e.g. first place)
• decimal place
• counter for ghosts

noun:

• inferior goods; low-quality article
• trifling gift ［粗品］ - humble language
• gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude; marketing incentive ［粗品］

noun:

• bodyguard; bouncer; guard
• bar (e.g. on a door); bolt
• stick or pole used for self-defence - orig. meaning

particle:

• indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
• indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)

conjunction:

• but; however; still; and
• regardless of; whether (or not) - after the volitional form of a verb

noun / suffix noun:

• kneading; gloss; tempering

noun or verb acting prenominally / noun:

• paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste)

noun:

• parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals - orig. 邌り, usu. お練り - Shintō term ➜ 練り歩く【ねりあるく】・お練り【おねり】

noun:

• texture (cloth, fabric, paper)
• market tone; undertone
• balance between the position of white and black stones (in go) ➜ 囲碁

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to decide to
• to pretend that - after the past tense form of a verb
• to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to - as 〜ことにしている