noun:

• first star of the Big Dipper
• top applicant in the civil service examination (Imperial China) - archaism

noun:

• email from mobile phones, containing pictures, etc.
• brand name for photo-email service from SoftBank Mobile

noun:

• (an item of) electronic mail (e-mail); e-mail message - abbreviation ➜ 電子郵件
• electronic mail (e-mail) service; electronic mail (e-mail) system ➜ 電子郵便

noun / ~する noun:

• delivery; dispatch; despatch; conveyance
• service of process

noun:

• bad deed which ultimately results in the creation of a good Buddhist - Buddhism term
• older person conducting a funeral service for a younger relative, in particular, a parent for a child

noun:

• chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; paymaster
• chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)

noun:

• parking area; parking lot
• rest stop; service area

noun / ~する noun:

• going to serve one's lord

noun:

• daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era) - abbreviation ➜ 参勤交代

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• option; optional; selecting an option

noun:

• optional extra
• individual item; separate item; service supplied on its own, without accompanying services
• option - Finance term

noun:

• free drink; free drinks
• free refills; bottomless cup; all-you-can-drink; self-service soda fountain - From English "free drink"

noun:

• dirt; filth; grime
• account (e.g. online service) - 垢 is ateji ➜ アカ

noun:

• sink (e.g. kitchen)

~の noun / noun:

• cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.)

noun:

• washing area in a Japanese-style bath
• back-washing service (in a public bath)
• floating (something on water); setting adrift; washing away

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) - usu. 勤める
• to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) - usu. 務める
• to conduct a religious service - usu. 勤める

noun:

• (outward) appearance
• (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; style
• appearances; decency; show; display
• lip-service; insincere words; glib talk

noun:

• outstanding performance award; outstanding performance prize; most valuable player award
• Outstanding Performance Award - Sumo term ➜ 三賞
• Distinguished Service Medal (e.g. military: US, UK, etc.)

noun:

• young adult still living at home; dependent ➜ 部屋住み
• female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period) ➜ 部屋方
• freeloader living in a samurai's house
• young kabuki actor in service of a master (Edo period)

noun / ~する noun:

• (the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior)
• one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.)
• trial service (of a servant)

noun:

• official post; regular post; permanent office
• principal post (as opposed to secondary post)

pronoun:

• I (of someone in government or the civil service)

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to study; to complete (a course); to cultivate; to master
• to fix; to correct; to repair
• to conduct (a Buddhist service)