noun:

• corner
• segment (within a radio or TV program); session; column (newspaper, etc.)
• area; department; section

pronoun:

• I; me
• oneself ［われ・わ］
• you ［われ・わ］ - archaism

prefix:

• prefix indicating familiarity or contempt ［わ］ - also 和 - archaism

noun:

• sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies) - Food term ➜ 巻き寿司

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• exhausted; tired - onomatopoeia
• withered; worn out

noun:

• boiling until shapeless or mushy
• tediously; repetitively; wordily - esp. ぐだぐだ ➜ くどくど

noun:

• bodyguard; bouncer; guard
• bar (e.g. on a door); bolt
• stick or pole used for self-defence - orig. meaning

noun:

• condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice

noun:

• sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people)
• large flounder - abbreviation ➜ 戸板平目

noun:

• light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use)
• shroud; burial clothes - abbreviation ➜ 経帷子

noun / ~する noun:

• rising and going to bed; daily life

adverb:

• all the time; constantly; whether awake or asleep

noun:

• deceptive advertising; misleading advertisement (presenting one's product as being better or cheaper than it really is)

expression:

• what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)

noun:

• implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope

noun:

• sautoir; long necklace (longer than opera-length), often with an ornament (tassel or pendant) at the end

noun:

• dried giant elephant ear stem from Higo province (eaten or used as a sex aid) ➜ 蓮芋

expression / adjective:

• (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place ➜ 身の置き所がない

noun / ~する noun:

• act of praying or performing an incantation so that a bad dream does not come true

noun:

• round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)

noun:

• facility that serves meals and provides rooms for short-stay or overnight guests - From English "restaurant hotel"

noun:

• last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th) - Buddhism term ➜ 弔い上げ

noun:

• warm soba noodles (esp. for dipping, either served after being boiled, or cooled and then rewarmed) - abbreviation - Food term ➜ 熱盛り蕎麦

noun:

• long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range ➜ 龍穴

noun:

• direct dialing; direct inward dialing; direct dial-in; in-dial

expression:

• better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• appropriate; suitable; befitting; proportionate

~する noun:

• to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with; to be deserving of; to be worthy of

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• considerable; substantial

adverb:

• considerably; rather; quite; fairly; pretty

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)