prefix:

• central; main; head; chief

suffix:

• just (done); freshly (baked); indicates activity only just occurred - usually written using kana alone

counter:

• counter for consecutive losses

noun:

• writing from top to bottom
• writing without a pause
• translation of classical Chinese into Japanese - abbreviation ➜ 書き下し文

noun:

• order; ordering
• beginning; start
• foreword; preface; introduction ➜ 序詞
• opening of a song (in gagaku or noh) ➜ 序破急

noun:

• the five virtues
• tripod; three or four-legged kettle stand
• family crest in the shape of such an object

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• crushed flat; flattened; squashed; flat-topped - onomatopoeia

noun:

• flat-chested girl - colloquialism - manga slang
• sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something - onomatopoeia

expression:

• small bag and young woman [literal]
• like a small bag seems to be able to contain few items yet can be stuffed with many, a young woman seems inexpensive to bring up yet can end up costing a lot
• a young woman and a small bag are both fragile and great care must be taken with both of them

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• auxiliary verb indicating the causative - せる is for 五段 verbs, させる for 一段; follows the imperfective form of (v5) and (vs) verbs; senses 1-3 of せる are sometimes abbreviated as 〜す
• auxiliary verb indicating that one has been granted the permission to do something - usu. as 〜(さ)せてもらう, 〜(さ)せていただく, etc. - humble language
• auxiliary verb used as an honorific for others' actions - as 〜(さ)せられる, 〜あら(さ)せられる, 〜(さ)せ給う, etc. - honorific language

noun:

• shaft; axle
• mandrel; arbor
• centre of a group

~の noun:

• freshly cut
• freshly tailored

noun:

• tree cut to specified length, especially for corners of a kemari court ➜ 蹴鞠【けまり】

noun:

• compact disk; CD ➜ コンパクトディスク
• cash dispenser ➜ キャッシュディスペンサー
• (negotiable) certificate of deposit ➜ 譲渡可能定期預金証書

noun / suffix:

• shape; appearance - がた when a suffix ➜ 型
• collateral
• obverse of an old "zeni" coin ➜ 銭【ぜに】

noun:

• 180.39 millilitres; 180.39 milliliters ➜ 合【ごう】
• 0.3306 square metres; 0.3306 square meters ➜ 合【ごう】
• one-tenth of the way (from the foot of a mountain to the top) ➜ 合【ごう】

noun:

• sea air; sea breeze ［海気］
• ocean and atmosphere ［海気］
• type of yarn-dyed silk goods

noun:

• one's own bath ➜ 留風呂
• (reusing) yesterday's bath water
• monthly pass for a public bath

noun:

• Yamato (province) ➜ 大和
• Japan ➜ 日本
• the art of classical Japanese poetry - abbreviation ➜ 敷島の道

noun:

• ornament
• dead body used to test a blade
• unlicensed prostitute who always works out of the same cathouse

noun:

• place containing a Buddhist image
• place containing a buddha (e.g. the pure land) ➜ 極楽・浄土
• independent workshop of Buddhist sculptors (from the Heian period onward) ➜ 造仏所

noun:

• Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail
• White's thrush (Zoothera dauma) ➜ 虎鶫
• man of mystery; enigma

noun / suffix noun:

• body; physique; posture
• shape; form; style
• substance; identity; reality
• field - Mathematics term

counter:

• counter for humanoid forms (e.g. dolls, statues, corpses, etc.)

noun / suffix noun:

• typeface; type

noun:

• swallowing in one gulp; downing; mouthful; bite
• sipping; sip
• thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone

noun / ~する noun:

• kiss - colloquialism

noun / ~と adverb:

• squeak (as in the sound made by mice)
• sound of liquid being sucked up

noun:

• breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
• punctuation - abbreviation ➜ 句読点
• way of reading (esp. kanbun)

noun:

• mishearing
• (feigned) deafness
• homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect

noun:

• double doors opening from the centre

~の noun:

• double-opening from the centre (e.g. doors, casement windows, etc.)

noun:

• method of filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh

noun:

• brightness
• clarity; acumen
• power of vision