noun:

• middle and high school - abbreviation
• medium and high (level)

noun:

• middle-aged man - abbreviation - derogatory term - familiar language
• Buddhist priest - abbreviation - familiar language

expression:

• should do; ought to do - abbreviation ➜ するべき

auxiliary:

• if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that - hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle
• as for; on the topic of ［なら］

conjunction:

• if that's the case; if so; that being the case - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ それなら
• if possible; if circumstances allow ［ならば］

noun:

• extract (esp. of food, fruit, etc.); essence - abbreviation ➜ エキストラクト

noun:

• cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ コスチュームプレー

noun:

• Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR - abbreviation ➜ ソビエト連邦【ソビエトれんぽう】

noun / ~の noun:

• far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead - from 断然 + トップ - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• Pacific League (Japanese baseball league) - abbreviation ➜ パシフィックリーグ

noun / adjectival noun:

• faddist; follow-the-crowd type; lowbrow; poser; fanboy; fangirl - derogatory term - abbreviation ➜ みいちゃんはあちゃん

noun:

• grasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch
• handful; fistful
• handle; grip; knob
• rice ball - abbreviation ➜ 握り飯・お握り【おにぎり】
• nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc. - abbreviation

noun / ~の noun:

• medicine
• Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau - from 医薬安全局 - abbreviation

noun:

• one copy (of a document); one letter
• one-way traffic - abbreviation ➜ 一方通行
• pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) - sometimes written イッツー - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 一気通貫【いっきつうかん】

noun:

• English conversation
• school for English conversation - abbreviation

suffix noun / noun:

• death anniversary - abbr. of 年回忌 - abbreviation

noun:

• air conditioning - abbreviation ➜ 空気調和・空気調節【くうきちょうせつ】

noun:

• gourd-shaped war fan - abbreviation - Military term ➜ 軍配団扇
• referee's fan - abbreviation - Sumo term ➜ 軍配団扇・軍配が上がる【ぐんばいがあがる】

noun / ~する noun:

• stratagem; tactics

noun:

• nuclear submarine - abbreviation ➜ 原子力潜水艦

noun:

• grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags - abbreviation ➜ 米刺し
• sashimi (sliced raw fish) - abbreviation ➜ 刺身
• stabbing; piercing; pricking ➜ 刺す・刺す

noun:

• post office box - abbreviation ➜ 郵便私書箱

noun:

• vending machine - abbreviation ➜ 自動販売機【じどうはんばいき】

noun:

• girls' high school - abbreviation ➜ 女子高等学校

noun:

• small tool; gadget
• (stage) properties; prop
• prop master - abbreviation ➜ 小道具方

noun:

• Pure Land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha) - Buddhism term
• Pure Land Buddhism - abbreviation

noun:

• grand shrine; famous shrine ［たいしゃ］ - Shintō term
• Izumo Grand Shrine - abbreviation - Shintō term