noun:

• little shop; small shop; small store
• my shop ［しょうてん］ - humble language
• low class whorehouse in Fujiwara (Edo period); low class brothel ［こみせ］
• passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region) ［こみせ］

noun:

• floral raft; flower raft; flower petals fallen on water, resembling a raft - poetical term
• Helwingia japonica (species of shrub) - usually written using kana alone
• oily perfume applied under white makeup - archaism

noun / prefix / suffix:

• medium; average; middle

noun:

• moderation
• middle school - abbreviation ➜ 中一・中学校
• China - abbreviation ➜ 中国
• volume two (of three) - abbreviation ➜ 中巻

suffix noun:

• during (a certain time when one did or is doing something); under (construction, etc.); while ➜ 話し中
• in; out of (e.g. three out of ten people) ➜ 中【じゅう】

noun / ~の noun:

• darkness; the dark; dark
• bewilderment; despair; hopelessness
• black-marketeering; shady; illegal; under-the-table

noun / ~の noun:

• old person; elderly person; senior citizen

noun:

• trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay - Sumo term
• senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
• important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

godan ~く verb:

• to ascend (the throne); to accede ➜ 付く【つく】
• to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to be hired; to be employed ［就く］
• to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart ［就く］
• to study (under teacher); to be an apprentice ［就く］

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to install (a king, emperor, etc.)
• to appoint (to a post); to promote ［就ける］
• to assign (to study under) ［就ける］

noun:

• speech; tongue; talk; eloquence ［弁・辯］

suffix noun:

• dialect; brogue; accent ［弁・辯］

noun:

• bento; Japanese box lunch ［弁・辨］ - abbreviation ➜ 弁当【べんとう】
• petal ［弁・瓣］ ➜ 花弁【はなびら】

noun / ~の noun:

• valve ［弁・瓣］

noun:

• Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices ［弁・辨］ ➜ 太政官・弁官

noun:

• that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) ➜ 何れ・此れ・其れ
• that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors)
• over there - archaism
• down there (i.e. one's genitals) ［あれ］ - colloquialism
• period; menses ［あれ］ - colloquialism

interjection:

• hey (expression of surprise, suspicion, etc.); huh?; eh?

noun:

• that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time)