noun:

• flesh
• meat
• the physical body (as opposed to the spirit) ［にく］
• thickness ［にく］
• ink pad ［にく］ ➜ 印肉

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money)
• to be omitted; to be missing
• to decrease; to sink
• to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.)
• to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind
• to become indecent (of a conversation)
• to be ruined; to go under
• to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) ➜ 狐が落ちる【きつねがおちる】
• to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession
• to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick)
• to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee
• to fall; to be defeated; to surrender
• to come to (in the end); to end in
• to fall (in love, asleep, etc.) ➜ 恋に落ちる【こいにおちる】・眠りに落ちる【ねむりにおちる】
• to swoon (judo)
• to consent; to understand ➜ 腑に落ちない【ふにおちない】
• to crash; to freeze - IT term
• to die - of animals
• to move to the depths - of fish when it gets cold

noun:

• errand; mission; going as envoy ➜ 使いにやる
• messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl
• familiar spirit ➜ 使い魔

suffix noun / prefix noun:

• use; usage; user; trainer; tamer; charmer - often read as づかい when used as a suffix ➜ 魔法使い

adjectival noun / noun:

• gloomy; dismal; miserable; melancholy Antonym: 陽気

noun:

• spirit of yin ➜ 陽気【ようき】

noun / ~の noun:

• bone marrow; medulla
• true spirit; one's mind

noun:

• head (of a household, etc.); leader; master
• owner; proprietor; proprietress
• subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed)
• guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.)
• husband

pronoun:

• you - familiar language ➜ おぬし

noun:

• universal life force (the source of animation for all things)
• free spirit (i.e. a mindset unencumbered with worldly concerns)

noun:

• wild fox
• fox spirit from the Kyushu region capable of possession ［やこ］ - archaism

noun:

• visitor from afar ➜ まろうど
• joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms

noun / ~する noun:

• echo; reverberation

noun:

• spirit of a tree; tree spirit

noun / ~の noun:

• third rank (in the Japanese court system)

noun:

• trinity (Christianity); the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

noun:

• Buddha; merciful person; Buddhist image
• the dead; dead person; spirit of the dead

noun:

• leading actor; star
• leading figure; central figure; key figure; leading spirit

noun:

• the whole body

~の noun:

• all one's (strength, anger, spirit, etc.)

upper nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze) - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to be omitted; to be missing - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to fall; to be defeated; to surrender - archaism ➜ 落ちる

noun / ~する noun:

• dependence; depending on
• possession (by a spirit, etc.)

adjectival noun / noun:

• cheerful; jovial; merry; lively Antonym: 陰気

noun:

• weather; season
• spirit of yang ➜ 陰気【いんき】

noun:

• errand; mission; going as envoy - polite language ➜ 使い【つかい】
• messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl - polite language
• familiar spirit - polite language - honorific language

noun:

• romance (e.g. Arthurian romances) - From French "roman"
• novel
• romance; love affair
• adventurous spirit; impossible dream; great ambition

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to boil; to seethe
• to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to cascade down
• to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit); to seethe (esp. blood)