noun:

• corner
• segment (within a radio or TV program); session; column (newspaper, etc.)
• area; department; section

noun:

• doer; performer
• protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; leading part; main character - usually written using kana alone
• speculator (in trading) ［仕手］

noun:

• older brother; elder brother - honorific language ➜ お兄さん
• brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship)
• young man; buddy; fella; laddie - vocative

noun:

• losing initiative; being forestalled ➜ 先手【せんて】
• second move (in go or shogi); moving second; person with the second move
• rear guard ➜ 後詰め

noun / ~の noun:

• (one's) master
• Lord (Christian ref. to Jesus or God) ［しゅ］
• the main thing; the majority; the primary concern ［しゅ］ ➜ 主たる・主として

particle:

• topic marker particle - pronounced わ in modern Japanese
• indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
• adds emphasis

noun:

• Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE) ［こうらい］ - abbreviation

noun / prefix noun:

• Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty)

noun:

• (stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine ［狛］ ➜ 狛犬

noun:

• stole; scarf
• stall (of an engine or aircraft)
• stall (cattle)

noun:

• effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness - 効き often refers to medicine

suffix noun / prefix noun:

• dominance (e.g. of left or right hand) ［利き］

noun:

• tasting (alcohol, tea, etc.) ［利き］ ➜ 聞き【きき】

noun:

• terminal (electricity)
• pin (on a semiconductor or microcontroller)
• port (e.g. LAN port)

noun:

• life-sized doll used for masturbation - From English "Dutch wife"
• cage (rattan or cane) used in bed in the tropics
• bolster used for warmth when sleeping

noun / ~する noun:

• covering private parts (esp. actors during filming)

noun:

• minimal bikini bottom (held only by tiny straps or adhesive tape)
• lined hakama that bulge in the front ［前張り・前張］

noun:

• defilement; impurity; affliction - Buddhism term
• object (perceived with the mind or the senses)

numeric:

• one billionth

noun:

• measure
• square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper)
• box (e.g. on a form)

conjunction:

• even if
• (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever
• should - imperative form of である

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be attentive to small details
• to be attentive to others (or others' concerns)
• to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative

noun:

• watch (timepiece)

noun / ~する noun:

• watch (turn to watch or guard something); watching

noun:

• watch cap - abbreviation ➜ ワッチキャップ

noun:

• dignity; credit; public estimation; face; honor; reputation
• deed of sale (for a land, forest or house) - archaism
• sale value; selling price - archaism

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan)
• to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable

noun:

• to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

noun:

• northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) ➜ 小鷹
• female hawk (or falcon)
• falconry (using a northern goshawk) - abbreviation ➜ 大鷹狩

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hide; to conceal
• to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard
• to become quiet and inconspicuous

noun:

• identifying mark (esp. a mark of comradeship)
• mark placed where two pieces of cloth are to be sewn together (or two pieces of wood joined, etc.)
• verification seal; tally ➜ 合い印【あいいん】

noun / suffix noun:

• company; association; society - abbreviation ➜ 会社
• regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour)

counter / suffix:

• counter for companies, shrines, etc.

noun:

• cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono
• sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners)
• wrapper band on books, CDs, etc. ➜ 帯紙・帯【おび】

~の noun:

• dull ［ダル］

noun:

• Indian split pulse (lentils, peas or beans); Indian pulse stew; dal; daal - Food term - From Hindi "dāl"
• dāl; eighth letter of the Arabic alphabet ［ダール］ - From Arabic