noun:

• cloth; fabric; material; texture
• dough; batter
• inherent quality; one's true character; one's true colours
• unglazed pottery
• skin with no make-up

noun:

• ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature
• ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)

noun:

• ore; unprocessed metal; ground metal
• (one's) true character

noun:

• scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica) ➜ 実葛【さねかずら】
• white sash tied around the head, with ends hanging down and tucked into belt, worn in kyogen to indicate a female character being played by a man

noun:

• mob; crowd of people
• background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-playable character ［モブ］

noun:

• horse's legs
• one's true character ➜ 馬脚を露わす

noun:

• auxiliary - Linguistics term
• auxiliary character (in kanbun)

noun:

• succession of words of similar meaning; redundancy (e.g. free gift); tautology ［じゅうごん］
• kanji compound in which the same character is repeated - e.g. 堂堂

noun / ~する noun:

• designing a font
• creating a new character not currently available

noun:

• algebraic equation; polynomial
• character expression; literal expression

noun:

• tadpole ➜ お玉杓子
• ancient seal-script character ➜ 蝌蚪文字

noun:

• maki sushi typically made from eel and cucumber, often with a face-like pattern when cut - from うなぎ and かっぱ
• mascot character used by Tajimi City in Gifu

noun:

• flag

suffix:

• tag indicating a future role or status for a character in anime, games, etc. (e.g. death, love, survival) - slang

noun:

• master - archaism
• main character; protagonist - archaism

noun:

• former emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.) - honorific language
• posthumous Buddhist name containing the character "in" ➜ 院

noun:

• person to be reckoned with; person of importance
• one person; one character; someone

noun:

• middle point; median point ［ちゅうてん］
• middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

noun:

• geta; Japanese wooden clogs
• turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character - later printed as 〓, resembling the teeth of a geta ➜ 伏せ字【ふせじ】

noun:

• dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.)
• letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board

noun:

• the tip of an edged instrument
• sharp words; vicious character

noun:

• screams produced during sex
• bawdy song; song of low character

noun:

• symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk)
• turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character - later printed as 〓

noun:

• superalloy
• Chogokin; line of die-cast metal robot and character toys sold by Popy

expression / ichidan verb:

• (for the taste of something) to become apparent
• (for someone's character) to come out

noun:

• catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen - Baseball term
• tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG)