noun:

• reserves (esp. troops); reserve army
• potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees

noun:

• three ministries (under the ritsuryo system: Ministries of Civil Services, Health & War) ➜ 律令制
• three departments (in Tang-dynasty China: Secretariat, Chancellory & Dept. of State Affairs)

noun:

• form of poetry found on the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara (following a 5-7-5-7-7-7 moraic pattern)

noun:

• arm glove; arm warmer; sleevelet
• bracelet
• leather thread on guard or pommel of a sword
• hole in the butt end of a Chinese spear

noun:

• one copy (of a document); one letter
• one-way traffic - abbreviation ➜ 一方通行
• pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) - sometimes written イッツー - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 一気通貫【いっきつうかん】

noun:

• false start; jumping the gun - From English "flying start"
• flying start; running start
• broadcasting a television or radio program a few minutes before its scheduled time

noun:

• eaves (of roof)
• narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building - Architecture term
• visor (of a cap); brim; peak
• classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 庇髪

noun:

• brown-spotted spinefoot (Siganus stellatus, species of rabbitfish from the Indian Ocean); starspotted spinefoot; tellate rabbitfish; yellow-tail starry rabbitfish

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

noun:

• the number of people
• many people; a large number of people

noun:

• figure eight; figure of eight
• shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight ［八の字］

noun:

• landed and tenant farming; landed farming with some tenant farming on the side

noun:

• Olympic Cauldron lighter; Olympic torch lighter; last runner in the Olympic torch relay

noun / ~する noun:

• trifling with; toying with; playing with; making sport of; making fun of; leading around by the nose
• tossing about (a ship)

adjectival noun / noun:

• poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at)
• dislike (of); difficult to deal with

noun / ~する noun:

• running a wheeled vehicle (e.g. car); running to program, job, etc.; traveling; travelling

noun / ~する noun:

• going backward; turning back; backtracking; doubling back
• retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state

noun:

• yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue - Food term
• roasted meat; grill - Food term

noun / ~する noun:

• opening; aperture (e.g. camera)
• opening one's mouth; beginning to speak

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• open; broad

noun:

• fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion
• taking someone along unwillingly; forcing to take part ➜ 道連れにする

noun:

• captive; prisoner
• victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• weak-willed; lacking a purpose; lacking will power to be patient, purposeful, or resolute - four character idiom

noun:

• 3 fat-comma shapes arranged to form a circle
• 3-way struggle (wrestling, etc.) - abbreviation

noun / ~の noun:

• right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face

noun:

• everybody's friend; person who is affable to everybody - oft. used derogatively
• flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty