noun:

• skin
• condom - colloquialism
• skin (e.g. alternative look and feel for interface of a program) - IT term

noun:

• PEN club; club for poets, play-wrights, essayists, editors, novelists

noun:

• hook (esp. for clothing); hook and eye
• snap fastener; press stud ➜ スナップ
• hock (white wine)

noun / ~する noun:

• mass for the dead; Buddhist service held on the anniversary of someone's death

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• hoodlum; scoundrel; ruffian; tough; villain
• villainy
• without relying on others; without asking for help

noun:

• futon or cloth attached to the kotatsu's frame; cover for kotatsu

noun:

• campfire (usually large, and for gathering and singing, etc. around)

noun:

• coverall apron (esp. for cooking, cleaning, and household chores); cook's apron

noun:

• visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks for the fulfilment of a prayer

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go downhill (e.g. for one's business); to be badly off (economically) ➜ 左前

noun:

• short-lived rule; being in power only for a brief period; brief championship - four character idiom

noun:

• focus of one's attention; what one is looking for ➜ 目の付け所

expression:

• some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste - proverb

noun:

• cheap literature; writing for amusement
• light literature popular in the late Edo period

noun:

• the three entertainment district enterprises: eating houses, geisha houses, meeting places for assignations, etc.

noun:

• ornamental ball-shaped scent bag
• decorative paper ball (for festive occasions)

noun:

• buying for immediate requirements; buying just enough to fulfil one's needs; spot purchasing - Business term

noun / ~する noun:

• stuffing oneself with food; eating enough to go without food for some time

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to fit well (e.g. clothes)
• to be good for one's health

noun:

• stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot - four character idiom

noun:

• substitute for a scheduled live broadcast of a sporting event that was rained out - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take the responsibility (for an action); to carry out in a responsible manner

noun:

• "new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi - Sumo term

noun:

• person in charge of preparing food for rikishi (usually performed by low-ranking rikishi) - Sumo term

counter:

• counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such) - honorific language

noun:

• first name

prefix:

• famous; great ➜ 名探偵

suffix:

• name ➜ コード名・学校名

noun:

• noun - part of speech tag used in dictionaries - abbreviation ➜ 名詞