noun:

• one drink minimum (condition for using a karaoke bar, etc.)

noun:

• connection; relationship
• origin; reason; cause
• motive (e.g. for an act)

noun:

• young person with a monkey-like face (nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

noun:

• intensive deliberation
• televised parliamentary debate for an important issue (esp. the budget)

noun:

• to think or act fairly without concern for one's own benefit - four character idiom

noun:

• star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon)
• offender; perpetrator - police slang - slang
• star point (in go); hoshi; intersection marked with a dot
• circular symbol (said to be shaped like a shining star)
• bullseye
• one's star (out of the nine stars); the star that determines one's fate ➜ 九星
• small dot; spot
• point; score - Sumo term

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:

• archaic period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac)
• carving; engraving; cutting; mincing ［刻］
• victory ［剋］
• strictness; cruelty

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of
• to run (between); to operate (between); to connect - of public transport
• to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in
• to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through
• to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout
• to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far
• to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed
• to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted
• to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for
• to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense
• to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood
• to be straight (e.g. wood grain)
• to be well-informed; to be wise - archaism

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun / suffix noun:

• room
• wife (of someone of high rank) - obscure term
• scabbard - obscure term
• Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

noun:

• leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)

noun:

• removal of blanket government protection of bank deposits; introduction of limits on deposit insurance

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of
• to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be valid
• to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on; to keep going

noun:

• child (esp. a boy)
• viscount ➜ 子爵
• master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius) - honorific language
• philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings ➜ 諸子百家
• you (of one's equals) - archaism

suffix noun:

• -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)

noun:

• fount of knowledge; the smart one (of a group of people); brains - idiom
• bag full of wisdom; bag containing all the world's wisdom

adverb:

• like that (used for something or someone distant from both speaker and listener); so ➜ 斯う・然う・如何【どう】

noun:

• wick; marrow; staple (for stapler); (pencil) lead; stuffing; pith
• core; heart; centre; center ➜ 心【しん】

noun:

• honesty; sincerity; fidelity
• trust; reliance; confidence
• (religious) faith; devotion

counter:

• counter for received messages

noun:

• general plan; main points; summary; platform (e.g. for a campaign); mission statement

adjective:

• no match for
• unbearable
• unable; can't do; beyond one's power

expression:

• thank you; many thanks; much appreciated
• that's enough for today

noun:

• making provision for the elderly
• Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)

noun:

• topcoat; light overcoat for use in spring and autumn - From English "spring coat"

noun:

• movements for sending young people to the countryside in China (1937, 1957, 1968) ➜ 下放運動【かほううんどう】

noun:

• person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; monk for three days [literal] - four character idiom