noun:

• K; k

prefix:

• kilo - abbreviation ➜ キロ

suffix:

• kelvin - abbreviation ➜ ケルビン
• karat (measure of purity of gold); carat - abbreviation ➜ カラット

noun:

• potassium (K) - abbreviation ➜ カリウム
• king (playing card rank) - abbreviation

prefix:

• Köchel (catalogue of Mozart's music)​ - abbreviation ➜ ケッヘル番号【ケッヘルばんごう】

noun:

• kitchen - abbreviation ➜ キッチン

noun:

• PASMO (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train and bus ticket in the greater Tokyo region and also as electric money in some stores) ➜ スイカ

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. a tattoo)
• to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire
• to accept; to comply; to grant; to adopt (a policy, etc.); to take (advice, etc.); to listen to; to pay attention to - esp. 容れる
• to include
• to pay (one's rent, etc.)
• to cast (a vote)
• to make (tea, coffee, etc.) ➜ 淹れる
• to turn on (a switch, etc.)
• to send (a fax); to call

noun:

• Suica (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train pass in the greater Tokyo, Osaka and Sendai regions and also as electric money in some stores) ➜ パスモ

expression:

• don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility) - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to talk around something (exp. derived from having something stuck in your back teeth and thus be unable to speak clearly); to imply something in a roundabout way - idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to employ one's secret weapon; to play one's trump card; to use the ace up one's sleeve - idiom

noun:

• one's wife (when speaking with a close friend)
• your wife (when speaking with a junior)

noun:

• red poetry ribbon card (in hanafuda) ➜ 花札
• the three red poetry ribbon cards (high-scoring combination in hanafuda)

noun:

• blue poetry ribbon card (in hanafuda)
• the three blue poetry ribbon cards (high-scoring combination in hanafuda) ➜ 花札

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told - humble language
• to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to visit - humble language
• to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.) - from 御機嫌を伺う

expression:

• it's hard to cut one's ties to close relatives even if they are wicked; you don't cut your finger off just because it's dirty [literal] - proverb

noun:

• dregs; sediment; grounds; meal
• lees (esp. sake) - often 粕
• leftovers; by-product
• worthless item; thing of little to no value
• dregs (e.g. of society); scum; dross
• card only worth 1 point (in hanafuda) ➜ カス札

noun / ~の noun:

• east and west
• Orient and Occident; East and West

expression:

• Ladies and Gentlemen!; Your attention, please!; roll-up, roll-up ［とうざい］ - abbreviation ➜ 東西東西

expression:

• if you can't beat them; join them; if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them - proverb

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound - also written as 拍つ, 搏つ, 撲つ, 擣つ
• to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
• to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
• to move; to impress; to touch
• to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject
• to type; to send; to transmit
• to insert; to write in; to mark
• to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare
• to till (soil)
• to sprinkle; to throw; to cast
• to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.)
• to pay (a deposit, etc.)
• to visit (on a pilgrimage)
• to line (a coat)
• to bind (a criminal)

noun:

• palm (of one's hand)
• skill
• scope of one's power
• one's intentions; one's plan
• one's hand (mahjong, card games, etc.)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to spit in the wind; to piss in the wind; to get caught in your own trap; to reap what you sow; to turn to the sky and spit [literal] - idiom ➜ 天に唾する【てんにつばする】

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to spit in the wind; to piss in the wind; to get caught in your own trap; to reap what you sow; to turn to the sky and spit [literal] - idiom

noun:

• shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel; spinning a pottery wheel
• gesticulating with your hands as if you were shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel - slang - humorous term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift)
• to add to as support; to prop up
• to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.)
• to mimic; to imitate - archaism
• to draw something near to oneself; to approach nearby - archaism

expression:

• take care of yourself before you take care of others; wave off your own flies before you wave off somebody else's flies [literal] - proverb

noun:

• place; spot; space
• field; discipline; sphere; realm
• occasion; situation ➜ その場
• scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
• session (of the stock market)
• area in which cards are laid out (in a card game)
• round (i.e. east, south, etc.) - Mahjong term ➜ 東場・南場・西場・北場
• field - Physics term
• field (gestalt psychology)

expression:

• home is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world; there's room for us all in the world; wherever there are humans, there are burial places [literal]

expression:

• it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London - proverb