adverb:

• about; roughly; approximately ➜ 凡そ【およそ】
• generally; on the whole; as a rule
• completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb)

noun / ~の noun:

• outline; gist

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• station vendor; selling (newspapers, etc.) at a train station; item sold at a train station

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cast amorous glances at a man (of a woman); to make eyes at; to give (someone) the eye; to make advances

noun:

• upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play ➜ 仕手

noun:

• law of the country where a person habitually resides or is a national; law applicable to a person or to a person's legal problems

adverb:

• in an instant; in a moment; immediately; right away; at once
• suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once

expression / adjective:

• having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; at one's wit's end

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting in half
• painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper - esp. 半折

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to arrive at; to reach
• to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table) ➜ 席に着く

noun:

• muteness; speech impairment
• mute; deaf-mute ［おし・おうし］ - sensitive

noun:

• barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own resourcefulness) (when embarking on something) - four character idiom

noun:

• kan-on; Han reading; on reading of a kanji based on Tang dynasty Chinese ➜ 呉音【ごおん】・唐音【とうおん】

prefix:

• honorific/polite/humble prefix - usu. before a term with a kun-yomi reading; おん is more formal - honorific language - polite language - humble language ➜ 御【ご】

noun:

• elegance; grace; refinement; class; dignity

suffix:

• article; item

suffix / counter:

• counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant) - sometimes pronounced ぴん

noun:

• criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models ➜ 律・令【りょう】

noun:

• stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task - four character idiom

noun:

• goods in stock or on hand or in one's possession

noun:

• parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother)
• (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)

noun:

• go-on; Wu reading; on reading of a kanji based on 5th and 6th century Chinese ➜ 漢音【かんおん】・唐音【とうおん】・呉【ご】

noun:

• title; subject; theme; topic
• problem (on a test); question

suffix noun / counter:

• counter for questions (on a test)

noun:

• hairstyle introduced in the Meiji era consisting in a bun or chignon tied at the back of the head

noun:

• leader of a (large) group ➜ 小頭
• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp ➜ 大纛
• leader of a (large) group
• puffbird (any bird of family Bucconidae) - usually written using kana alone
• first makushita rikishi listed on the banzuke - Sumo term

noun:

• New Year's visit to a shrine or temple which lies in a favorable (favourable) or lucky direction

noun:

• tō-on; Tang reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese ➜ 呉音【ごおん】・漢音【かんおん】・唐【とう】

noun:

• female student or graduate of Waseda University
• woman who allegedly pursues a career at the expense of love, feminine interests, etc. - derogatory term