noun:

• legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.); beans; peas
• soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy ➜ 大豆
• female genitalia (esp. the clitoris) - colloquialism
• kidney - colloquialism - usually written using kana alone - Food term

prefix noun:

• miniature; tiny
• child

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate Antonym: 増える

godan ~む verb:

• to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms)
• to put together; to construct; to assemble; to produce (e.g. TV program)
• to braid; to plait
• to grapple; to wrestle
• to unite; to join; to link up; to form an alliance
• to set (e.g. type)
• to issue (e.g. money order)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

noun / ~する noun:

• photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording

noun:

• sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

noun:

• tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)

interjection / noun:

• crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture)
• something worthy of celebration
• giving up ［ばんざい］
• long time - archaism
• eternal life (and prosperity) - archaism

interjection:

• banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray)

noun:

• yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe) ➜ 湯帷子

noun:

• horizon (related to sea or lakes) ➜ 地平線

noun:

• foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

noun:

• zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular) ➜ 布団

noun:

• condominium (often mid-rise or high-rise concrete); apartment building; apartment house; apartment; flat - From English "mansion"

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to include (in a group or scope)
• to instruct; to make one understand
• to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication)
• to put in (someone's) mouth
• to permeate with flavor

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to dive (into or under water)
• to get under; to get into; to get in; to creep into; to crawl under; to bury oneself; to burrow into; to dig oneself into; to snuggle under
• to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself; to go underground ➜ 地下に潜る

noun / ~する noun:

• advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging

noun / ~する noun:

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

noun:

• original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)

noun:

• fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies

noun:

• edge (of a knife or sword)
• prong (of an electrical plug)

adjectival noun / noun:

• dry (esp. as in not wet or as in dry humour)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• (dragging a large or heavy item) slowly - onomatopoeia
• (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; (drawing back) slowly; with a slither - onomatopoeia
• on and on; while putting off; slovenly; interminably - onomatopoeia
• with a slurp; with a sniffle - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• loose; lax; inconclusive; unresolved - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); deliberately; intentionally
• not necessarily; not particularly; not especially - used with neg. verb
• definitely not - used with neg. verb - archaism

noun / suffix:

• side (of something, or taking someone's side); part
• (watch) case

noun:

• (table) napkin; serviette
• sanitary napkin; sanitary pad