noun:

• latte; caffè latte - abbreviation ➜ カフェラテ
• radio and television ［ラテ］ - abbreviation ➜ ラジオ・テレビ
• rat (esp. laboratory or pet) ［ラッテ］ - From German "Ratte" ➜ ラット

noun:

• having no end tiles or honor tiles and pinfu (common pair of yaku) - abbreviation - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 断ヤオ【タンヤオ】・平和【ピンフ】

noun:

• band of warriors (often formed from related or dependent families); group of samurai

noun:

• hairdresser's room in the residence of the shogun or a noble - archaism

noun:

• employee of an association, society, etc. (but not of government or a corporation)

noun:

• chrysanthemum taboo; taboo about criticizing or parodying the Japanese royal family

noun:

• new normal (state of new economic or financial conditions)

noun:

• tide; current
• sea water
• opportunity; chance ［しお］
• thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater ［うしお］ - abbreviation ➜ 潮汁【うしおじる】

noun:

• corner
• segment (within a radio or TV program); session; column (newspaper, etc.)
• area; department; section

pronoun:

• I; me
• oneself ［われ・わ］
• you ［われ・わ］ - archaism

prefix:

• prefix indicating familiarity or contempt ［わ］ - also 和 - archaism

noun:

• sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies) - Food term ➜ 巻き寿司

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• exhausted; tired - onomatopoeia
• withered; worn out

noun:

• boiling until shapeless or mushy
• tediously; repetitively; wordily - esp. ぐだぐだ ➜ くどくど

noun:

• bodyguard; bouncer; guard
• bar (e.g. on a door); bolt
• stick or pole used for self-defence - orig. meaning

noun:

• condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice

noun:

• sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people)
• large flounder - abbreviation ➜ 戸板平目

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term

noun:

• light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use)
• shroud; burial clothes - abbreviation ➜ 経帷子

noun / ~する noun:

• rising and going to bed; daily life

adverb:

• all the time; constantly; whether awake or asleep

noun:

• deceptive advertising; misleading advertisement (presenting one's product as being better or cheaper than it really is)

noun:

• type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in konbu seaweed and boiled)

expression:

• what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term ➜ 中陰・四有

noun:

• implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope

noun:

• crime committed together by two or more people (in which each is known as a co-principal)

noun:

• sabdavidya (ancient Indian linguistic and grammatical studies) ➜ 五明
• chanting of Buddhist hymns (usu. in Sanskrit or Chinese) - Buddhism term