noun:

• Japanese book size (approx. 12.5cm by 17.5cm) ➜ 半紙【はんし】
• late Edo-period novelette depicting life in the red-light district ➜ 洒落本

noun:

• approx. 80% of the way up a mountainside
• view of a light green mountain; mountain that appears green from afar

noun / ~の noun:

• weak matcha ➜ 抹茶
• light brown (color, colour)

noun / ~の noun:

• frivolity; unpredictability; erraticism
• first-time guest in a red-light district

noun:

• cinch; pushover; easy matter; piece of cake
• light snack; cake served with tea

noun:

• dangerous area; perilous road
• red-light district; house of ill repute; brothel ➜ 岡場所【おかばしょ】

noun:

• district; quarter
• enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork
• red-light district

prefix / suffix:

• wide and empty ［廓］

noun:

• color of a flower (colour)
• light indigo; light blue

noun:

• Kanto Festival (Akita) ➜ 秋田竿燈まつり【あきたかんとうまつり】
• street light ➜ 街灯

noun:

• excursion spot; getaway - archaism
• red-light district; brothel - archaism

noun:

• small tiger
• light drinker; occasional drinker - idiom ➜ 大虎

noun:

• miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs
• child who is made light of; child who is left out of games; immature child or person; good-for-nothing

noun:

• parka; anorak - From English "yacht parka"
• light-weight polyester jacket

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; sound of lightly chopping - onomatopoeia
• simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame - onomatopoeia

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock ［開ける］
• to open (for business, etc.) ［開ける］
• to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room - esp. 空ける
• to move out; to clear out - esp. 空ける
• to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily) - esp. 空ける

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to dawn; to grow light - esp. 明ける
• to end (of a period, season) - esp. 明ける
• to begin (of the New Year) - esp. 明ける
• to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for) - esp. 明ける
• to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to look at again
• to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review
• to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to improve; to recover (market, illness, etc.)

noun:

• lightning
• electric illumination; light from an electric source

noun:

• chaser; pursuer
• chaser; light drink (often just water) taken after a strong alcoholic drink

noun / ~する noun:

• author directing or producing his or her own play (film) - four character idiom
• staging oneself for effect; presenting oneself in a favorable light - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be spoiled (spoilt); to be dampened; to become subdued (e.g. lively atmosphere); to be unamused or bored; to become apathetic
• to fade; to turn white; to grow light (at dawn)

noun / ~する noun:

• sinking; foundering; going down; submersion
• getting dead drunk - colloquialism
• having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties - colloquialism
• staying in one place for a long time - backpacker slang - slang

noun / ~する noun:

• emission; emanation; radiation; diffusion; dispersion
• letting out (feelings); venting
• divergence (of light) Antonym: 集束
• divergence - Mathematics term Antonym: 収束

noun / ~する noun:

• irradiation; radiation; beaming
• exposure (to light); illumination

noun:

• cat's-eye (semiprecious stone) ➜ 猫目石
• cat's-eye (light-reflecting road stud)

noun / ~する noun:

• astringency; constriction; contraction
• collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; summarizing
• extraction (of taxes)
• convergence (of light) ➜ 収束
• convergence - Mathematics term ➜ 収束
• convergence - Biology term ➜ 収斂進化