noun / suffix noun:

• broken piece

suffix noun:

• below (a certain level, point, quantity, etc.); dropping below

noun:

• illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software; warez - slang - IT term ➜ ワレズ

noun:

• drawstring purse; money pouch
• pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden ➜ 御田【おでん】
• unlicensed prostitute (Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• paper width
• allotted number of pages (e.g. for article in magazine); assigned space
• binding for calligraphy and paintings

noun:

• skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium

noun:

• rainfall of a strange, dark color (colour); whirlwinds accompanied by rain which also drops strange objects such as fish

adjectival noun / noun:

• an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable

noun:

• catching birds (using a birdlime-covered pole); bird catcher
• slices of raw chicken meat; chicken sashimi ➜ 刺身

noun:

• meadow bunting (species of passerine, Emberiza cioides)
• great white shark; white pointer (Carcharodon carcharias) ［頬白］ - obscure term ➜ 頬白鮫

noun:

• sweet crescent-shaped confection of pancake-like sponge cake filled with adzuki paste
• Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun ➜ 中華まん

noun:

• Inari (god of harvests, wealth, fertility, etc.) - honorific language ➜ 稲荷
• Inari shrine - honorific language ➜ 稲荷
• inarizushi (sushi wrapped in fried tofu) - polite language ➜ 稲荷鮨
• scrotum; testicle sack - humorous term - slang

noun:

• thermo inner; inner lining (e.g. of ski boots) that is thermally molded to fit

noun:

• umbellate inflorescence; umbel (i.e. flower with a large number of flowers growing radially from a common center)

noun:

• lowering; sinking; bringing down; letting down Antonym: 上げ
• depreciation; price fall
• punch line (of a rakugo story) ➜ 落語
• sword strap - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 下げ緒

noun:

• narezushi; fermented sushi (pickled in brine rather than vinegar), precursor of modern sushi

noun:

• grain (1-7000 of a pound, approx. 64.80 mg)
• grain (wheat, etc.) ➜ グレーンウイスキー

noun:

• over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child - From English "monster parent" ➜ モンペ

noun:

• var. of eggplant (Solanum melongena) which can be eaten raw
• pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant

noun:

• type of dancing and shouting performed by fans at concerts (usu. idol concerts)

noun:

• Heian-period student of government administration - archaism
• Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; person studying Buddhism - archaism
• learning; scholarship - archaism

noun:

• over-demanding parents; parents who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child - From English "monster parents" ➜ モンスターペアレント

noun:

• always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person) - four character idiom

expression:

• please take care of yourself; please be careful not to... (concerning one's health or well-being)

noun:

• eta (Edo period) ➜ 穢多
• administrator of a temple - Buddhism term ➜ 座主・別当・検校
• low-ranking government official with a comparatively high salary (in medieval China) - archaism

noun:

• short piece (of music, writing); small work (painting, sculpture, etc.); literary sketch; essay
• small article; small item

noun:

• going out (e.g. of a fire); dying out
• fizzling out; falling through; coming to nothing