noun:

• five letters; five signs
• first five syllables of a waka or haiku ➜ 和歌・俳句

noun:

• popular book; widely-read book; book of which there are many copies ➜ 流布本

noun:

• other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition ➜ 相手【あいて】

noun:

• three greatest teas of Japan (Uji-cha, Sayama-cha and Shizuoka-cha)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath ➜ 息急き切る【いきせききる】

noun:

• soil
• loamy soil; loam; soil with clay content of 25-37.5%

noun:

• mind; spirit; soul; heart; ethos
• attitude; mentality; will; intention
• spirit (of a matter); essence; fundamental significance

noun:

• back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region
• body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring - usu. コシ

noun / ~する noun:

• breathing; respiration

noun:

• knack; trick; secret (of doing something)
• harmony; balance; synchronization; accord
• short interval; short pause ➜ 一呼吸

noun / ~する noun:

• toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something)
• drinking one's glass dry

interjection:

• cheers

noun / ~する noun:

• search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt
• legally authorized search of a person, building, etc. - Law term

noun / ~の noun:

• one breath; pause; rest
• one go (i.e. in a short time)
• small amount of effort

noun:

• expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; calculations
• purpose; intention; motive; ulterior motive
• others' opinions of one
• speculation - Finance term

noun:

• alumnus (alumnae); graduate; old boy (girl)
• former member of an organization
• former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)

noun:

• white paper; flyleaf

noun / ~の noun:

• blank paper

noun:

• clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.
• scratch; beginning ➜ 白紙に戻す

noun:

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

counter:

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

adjectival noun / noun:

• clumsy; awkward; unskillfulness; lack of ability
• tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); gauche
• mean; cowardly; base - archaism

adjectival noun:

• agile; nimble; light (of foot)
• casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage)
• carefree; with limited responsibility

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about) - four character idiom

noun:

• new town (esp. planned satellite towns of Osaka Prefecture); new housing development

noun:

• legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine) ➜ 側室・本妻
• room for receiving guests ➜ 表座敷【おもてざしき】
• heir; successor - obscure term

adjectival noun / noun:

• mystery; something inexplicable; wonder; miracle - four character idiom ➜ 不思議
• unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities)

numeric:

• 10^64 (or 10^80)

noun:

• side or bottom of a ship; ship's hold; bottoms; shipping; tonnage; freight space

noun:

• avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha) - Buddhism term
• Avatamska sutra - abbreviation ➜ 華厳経
• Kegon (sect of Buddhism) - abbreviation ➜ 華厳宗

noun:

• period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
• apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture - abbreviation ➜ 年季奉公
• one-year period ［年期］