noun:

• renting a house in the same block of houses as somebody else ➜ 相店【あいだな】
• person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself ➜ 相店【あいだな】

noun:

• year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat) - Buddhism term
• becoming more experienced with age; social status based on this experience

noun:

• shoe; ferrule (of an umbrella); butt end (of a lance); hard tip (of mushroom)

noun:

• any of a number of secret societies of ancient China (often opposed to the government)

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of general affairs) - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

noun:

• thing; object; article; stuff; substance
• one's things; possessions; property; belongings - as 〜のもの, 〜のもん
• things; something; anything; everything; nothing
• quality
• reason; the way of things
• used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen - formal noun often used as 〜ものだ - usually written using kana alone

suffix noun:

• item classified as ...; item related to ...; work of ...
• cause of ...; cause for ...

prefix:

• somehow; somewhat; for some reason ［もの］ ➜ 物寂しい【ものさびしい】
• really; truly ［もの］ ➜ 物珍しい【ものめずらしい】

noun / suffix:

• place; spot; scene; site - also pronounced どころ when a suffix
• address
• district; area; locality
• one's house
• point; aspect; side; facet ➜ いいとこ
• passage (in text); part
• space; room
• thing; matter

noun:

• whereupon; as a result - after the plain past form of a verb
• about to; on the verge of - after present form of a verb
• was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing - after past form of a verb

noun / ~する noun:

• falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment; default; delinquency

noun:

• club activities (usu. clubs in association with a school); extracurricular activities ➜ 部活

noun:

• bathtub
• boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to allow a less skilled person to practice with one (esp. in sumo) ➜ 胸を借りる

noun:

• chips or shavings left after cutting wood or metal with a saw, etc.

noun:

• love set; tennis set with a 6-0 result

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)

noun:

• (tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem - From Khmer "khsier"
• stolen train ride (only paying a local fare each end) ➜ 煙管乗り・煙管乗車

noun:

• protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair

noun:

• going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness ➜ 突っ込み

noun:

• thick malt syrup poured into boiling water and sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink) - Food term ➜ 水飴・冷やし飴

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:

• railway station; train station
• staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)

noun / ~する noun:

• taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• weather strip; weather stripping; sealing up (a window)
• putting on eyeliner (in theatre) ［目張り］

noun:

• clock to be placed on tables, bookshelves, etc. (as opposed to a watch)

noun / ~する noun:

• icing (on an aircraft, ship, etc.); ice accretion
• landing (a jump in ice skating) - Sports term

noun:

• second athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.) ➜ 先鋒【せんぽう】