noun:

• balcony - abbreviation
• Spanish bar; Spanish-style restaurant with a counter, serving food, alcoholic drinks, and coffee - From Spanish

noun:

• children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped coloured glass ➜ 弾き【はじき】
• tiddlywink; counter

noun:

• homework; assignment
• pending issue; unresolved problem; open question

noun:

• call; visit ➜ お伺い
• inquiry; enquiry; question ➜ お伺い

noun:

• call; visit - polite language ➜ 伺い【うかがい】
• inquiry; enquiry; question - polite language ➜ 伺い【うかがい】

noun:

• examination paper; examination script; answer sheet
• answer (to an exam question)

noun / suffix noun / prefix:

• super-; ultra-; hyper-; very; really

noun / suffix noun:

• over (after a number or counter); more than

noun:

• straight ball (pitch) - Baseball term ➜ 変化球

~の noun:

• direct (e.g. question); blunt

noun / ~する noun:

• closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard
• pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down
• to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip

noun:

• opportunity; chance; occasion; time - esp. 折
• folding; fold; pleat; crease - esp. 折り
• small food box (wooden or cardboard) - esp. 折り

counter:

• counter for folds
• counter for items (esp. food) packed in an oribako ➜ 折り箱

noun / suffix noun:

• charge; cost; price
• generation; age; reign
• era - Geology term
• a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone) - after someone's name or title
• used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number ➜ 代表電話番号

counter:

• counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
• counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
• proxy application company - abbreviation ➜ 代理申請会社

noun:

• pronoun - used in dictionaries, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 代名詞

noun:

• chance; opportunity

noun / suffix noun:

• machine
• aircraft

counter:

• counter for aircraft
• counter for remaining lives (in video games)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to remove; to take off; to detach; to unfasten; to undo
• to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to exclude; to expel
• to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to step out; to slip away
• to dodge (a question, blow, etc.); to evade; to sidestep; to avoid (e.g. peak season)
• to miss (a target, chance, punch, etc.) Antonym: 当たる

noun / counter:

• swing; shake; wave; swinging

noun:

• appearance; behaviour - usually written using kana alone
• pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to) - oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form - usually written using kana alone ➜ 振りをする

noun / ~の noun:

• going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• move (dance); postures
• lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up - oft. as フリ - usually written using kana alone ➜ 前振り
• unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment

suffix / counter:

• counter for swords, blades, etc.

noun:

• not wearing underwear or pants - archaism

noun / suffix noun:

• gate
• branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master ［もん］
• division; phylum ［もん］ - Biology term

counter:

• counter for cannons ［もん］

noun:

• ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship ［船・舟］ - 舟 is often small and hand-propelled
• tank; tub; vat; trough

suffix noun / counter:

• counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi) ［船・舟］

noun:

• row; line; file; column; queue; rank; procession
• company (of someone); group; ranks
• sequence - Mathematics term

counter:

• counter for rows

suffix:

• Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss - honorific language

noun / suffix:

• clan

noun:

• he; him - honorific language

counter:

• counter for people - honorific language

noun / suffix noun:

• lesson
• section (in an organization); division; department

counter:

• counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

noun:

• wing
• Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［よく］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

suffix / counter:

• counter for birds or bird wings ［よく］ - archaism

noun:

• piece; slice; strip; scrap
• cloth - also written as 布, 裂
• sharpness

counter:

• counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

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:

• pillar; post
• support; prop; mainstay

suffix / counter:

• counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

noun / suffix noun:

• departure; departing (from ...); departing (at time ...) ➜ 着【ちゃく】
• sending; sent (by ...); sent (at ...)
• engine - abbreviation ➜ 発動機

counter:

• counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.; counter for bullets, bombs, etc.; counter for blows (punches) - also ぱつ