noun / prefix noun:

• greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior ➜ 従【じゅ】
• director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period); chief ［しょう］ ➜ 長官【かみ】

prefix:

• exactly; precisely ［しょう］ - before a number

noun:

• Edo-period unit of silver coinage ［銀目］
• steel-blue eyes (e.g. of a cat)
• silver eye (species of beardfish, Polymixia japonica) - usually written using kana alone - abbreviation ➜ 銀目鯛

noun:

• type of bronze Chinese coin first issued under Emperor Yuan of the Southern Liang dynasty worth the value of ten iron coins

noun:

• floor
• stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player)
• dining platform built across a river

noun:

• sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

noun / ~する noun:

• opening, either for the day or a "grand opening" (e.g. theme park, botanical garden etc.) - used for ~園 Antonym: 閉園

expression:

• time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short - proverb

expression:

• I'll write again soon (closure for a letter, etc.); more anon; sincerely yours; yours truly ➜ 不宣【ふせん】

expression:

• I'll write again soon (closure for a letter, etc.); more anon; sincerely yours; yours truly ➜ 不尽

noun:

• ink line; tool for marking long, straight lines on flat surfaces
• inkpot; ink bottle

noun:

• crest-decorated habutae (silk fabric used as a cloth for lining high-quality kimono); figured habutae

noun:

• retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

noun:

• base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer

expression:

• even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter - proverb

expression:

• even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter - proverb

noun:

• nap room (e.g. for doctors in an emergency ward, or firefighters in a fire station)

noun:

• ridged wooden bench used in SM practices (and in the Edo period for torturing female prisoners)

noun / ~する noun:

• being moved forcibly, e.g. being carted to a police station, transportation for forced labour, etc.

noun:

• hot water (esp. cold mineral spring water heated up at the right temperature for bathing)

noun:

• liquid gold (used for applying gold to ceramics, etc.)
• Wednesday and Friday ［すいきん］ ➜ 月水金【げっすいきん】
• bribe; sweetener; douceur

noun:

• unique manuka factor; UMF; quality grading system for manuka honey

noun:

• soft vinyl; vinyl chloride monomer, used for moulded shapes such as toys ➜ ソフビ

noun:

• note written on the reverse of the right side of an ancient document (memorandum or explanation of the contents) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• disclosure; leak (of information); divulging
• leakage (e.g. of gas or liquids); leak; escape (e.g. of gas); coming in (through) (e.g. of light)