noun:

• soil for horticulture; soil for seed planting

noun:

• entrance fee; initiation fee; registration fee; present to a teacher
• gift of dried meat from a new vassal or pupil - archaism

particle:

• at (place, time); in; on; during
• to (direction, state); toward; into
• for (purpose)
• because of (reason); for; with
• by; from
• as (i.e. in the role of) ➜ として
• per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
• and; in addition to
• if; although - archaism

noun:

• carry-back; bringing the ball back to one's own position (in rugby) - Sports term
• carryback; carrying over a deduction or credit from a prior year to the current year (to reduce income tax) - Economics term

expression:

• a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes

noun:

• mince (minced meat or fish) ［タタキ・叩き・敲き］
• seared skipjack tuna ［叩き・敲き］ ➜ 鰹
• robbery; extortion ［叩き・敲き］ - slang
• hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor; concrete floor - usu. 三和土 (gikun)
• whipping; lashing; bashing; beating; flaming ［タタキ・叩き］

noun:

• Okinawan-style stewed pork cubes; boned pork rib meat, cut into 5 cm squares, stewed in awamori, soy, dashi broth, and sugar - Ryūkyū dialect - Food term

noun:

• tie up; bind; fastening; tightening
• sum; total amount; total
• judo choking (strangling) techniques - Martial Arts term
• last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping - Food term
• completion; conclusion; rounding off ➜ 締めくくり【しめくくり】

counter:

• counter for bundles; counter for faggots; counter for bundles of 2000 sheets of paper

noun:

• end mark; closure mark - esp. 〆

noun:

• miso soup with pork or chicken (originally boned chicken chunks) with daikon, carrots, great burdock or sweet potatoes; meat chowder

noun:

• survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; the weak are meat the strong do eat [literal] - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras - Buddhism term

noun:

• jockey's racing uniform
• one's best clothes (esp. for women), normally put aside for important meetings, dates, etc. - colloquialism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fall in love at first sight
• to see for the first time; to meet for the first time - archaism
• to have sexual relations for the first time - archaism

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to mourn for; to condole with (family, etc.)
• to hold a memorial service (for)

noun:

• conjugative suffix (i.e. "-iru" and "-eru" for ichidan verbs, "-i" for i-adjectives, etc.)

noun:

• study (for a role); preparation for a part (in a play, etc.)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to unravel; to untie; to untangle; to loosen
• to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.)
• to relax; to ease

noun:

• pair; couple; set
• antithesis ➜ 対句

counter:

• counter for items that come in pairs
• counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

noun:

• palace
• tonic (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) ➜ 五音
• ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women) - abbreviation ➜ 宮刑

noun / suffix noun:

• zodiacal sign ➜ 十二宮

noun:

• for appearances' sake; for appearance sake

noun:

• subjects for improvisation; subjects for improvization

noun:

• for many days; for some days ➜ 何日も・幾【いく】

adverb:

• for many days; for several days ➜ 何日

noun:

• reason for revision; reason for modification - IT term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to yearn for; to pine for