noun / ~する noun:

• reading aloud Antonym: 黙読 ➜ 朗読
• reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation ➜ 音読み

noun / ~する noun:

• feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; being sorry; being ashamed ➜ 恐縮

noun:

• coarse silk from the outside of a cocoon (a type of waste thread)

~する noun:

• to get down (from being carried); to get off (a vehicle) - from 降りる - children's language

expression / suffix:

• no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen - after -masu stem of verb

expression / suffix:

• no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen - after -masu stem of verb ➜ っこない

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• large amount of capital; large-cap; big-cap

noun:

• custom of tying a large mochi on a toddler's back on his or her first birthday

adverb / ~と adverb:

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

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］

noun:

• having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery
• habitual movement of one's hands
• marks from being handled often

expression:

• being a member of staff but useless as a worker

noun:

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

noun:

• something extremely light
• feather of a large bird - orig. meaning

noun / suffix noun:

• hole - also read めど for this sense ➜ 穴が開く
• deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.)
• vacancy; opening
• flaw
• profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others
• upset victory (with a large payoff)
• pit (of a theater) - slang ➜ 平土間
• hiding place - archaism
• underbelly (of society, etc.) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• down (opposite of up); becoming lower; being brought down; bringing down
• being down (e.g. with a cold) and unable to continue (work)
• down (e.g. a system); not running (e.g. servers) - IT term
• download; downstream - abbreviation - IT term

noun:

• down (feathers)

expression:

• being a guest for too long (e.g. of a neighbor)

expression:

• being a spectator; observing (out of curiosity) as a disinterested party

noun / ~する noun:

• formation; establishment; materialization; coming into existence
• conclusion (e.g. of a deal); approval; completion; arrangement
• being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding; applying

expression:

• no change; no difference ➜ 変わりなく
• accidents or incidents; no unusual events ➜ お変わりありませんか

expression:

• total fire ban; no source of ignition permitted; no open flame; flammables!

expression:

• paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of ➜ 気に留める

noun:

• orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus
• mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being) ［しゃち］ - abbreviation ➜ 鯱【しゃちほこ】

expression:

• not negligible; not a little; to no small degree; to no small extent; quite a lot

noun:

• large flat wooden plank shaped like a fish, struck like a gong at temple to indicate time of day - Buddhism term