noun:

• paper for fans or parasols (cut in a fan shape)
• ground paper; backing paper

noun:

• upper reaches (of a river); upper stream Antonym: 下【しも】
• top; upper part; upper half (of the body)
• long ago
• beginning; first
• person of high rank (e.g. the emperor) - honorific language ➜ 御上
• government; imperial court
• imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace ➜ 上方【かみがた】
• head (of a table)
• wife; mistress (of a restaurant) - honorific language

counter:

• counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.

noun:

• paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)

noun:

• luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment

expression:

• twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight) ➜ 大禍時

noun:

• carriage beautifully decorated with gold, silver, gems, etc., for use by Heian era nobles at festivals and like activities

counter:

• counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, and misoji, yasoji, etc.)

noun:

• safety glasses (esp. more fashionable models used in public for protection against pollen, UV rays, etc.) - From English "eye-care glass"

noun / ~する noun:

• long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well

noun:

• nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.) - esp. 長持

expression:

• Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - opening formula of a brief letter

noun / ~する noun:

• omitting the beginning

noun:

• lotus flower ➜ 蓮
• Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus) - abbreviation ➜ 蓮華草
• china spoon - abbreviation ➜ 散り蓮華
• lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone

noun:

• parking lot (esp. a private lot, e.g. for corporate cars); car park - Kansai dialect - From English "motor pool"

noun:

• compartment in a fishing boat with seawater for reviving or keeping alive fresh fish or bait

noun:

• center for collecting charitable contributions (money, goods, and-or services) and distributing them to people in need - four character idiom

prefix:

• central; main; head; chief

suffix:

• just (done); freshly (baked); indicates activity only just occurred - usually written using kana alone

counter:

• counter for consecutive losses

expression:

• to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom

noun:

• fiber to the x (generic term for any network architecture that uses optical fiber) (fibre); FTTx

noun:

• cutting stock (extra material cut off in machining operations as a safety margin for tolerances); machining allowance

expression:

• only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once; only fools are gluttons - idiom

noun:

• quilt; bedspread; bedcover ［うわがけ］
• cover (for a kotatsu quilt) ［うわがけ］ ➜ 炬燵
• cloak; smock ［うわがけ］
• second dyeing; topping; overlay ➜ 下染め

noun:

• calf (before it is fattened or used for breeding, usu. referring to 6 to 12-month-olds)

noun:

• alcohol which must be drunk as a punishment (e.g. for losing a contest or arriving late) ➜ 罰杯

noun:

• cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor - orig. an abbr. of 仕事 ➜ パチンコ

suffix:

• separation from; loss of interest in; independence of; distancing (of oneself) from; disillusionment with; alienation from (something) ［ばなれ］

prefix:

• detached (dwelling, room) ［はなれ］ ➜ 離れ座敷