~の noun / noun:

• speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)

noun:

• marbling (of beef) ➜ 霜降り肉
• (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water - abbreviation ➜ 霜降り作り
• formation of frost - orig. meaning

noun / ~の noun:

• desktop; desk-top; tabletop

noun:

• after-dinner speech - abbreviation ➜ 卓上演説【たくじょうえんぜつ】

noun:

• long, narrow card on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); strip of paper
• thin rectangle - abbreviation ➜ 短冊形

noun:

• southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south) - archaism - derogatory term
• South-East Asia - archaism
• Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies) - archaism ➜ 紅毛

prefix:

• exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style)

noun:

• (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm) - usu.ナンバ
• food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions - abbreviation ➜ 南蛮煮【なんばんに】

noun:

• count; earl
• chief official of the Department of Worship ➜ 神祇官
• eldest brother - archaism

noun / prefix noun / suffix noun:

• Brazil; Brazilian - abbreviation ➜ 伯剌西爾【ブラジル】

noun:

• prohibition of sale; ban on sale - abbreviation ➜ 発売禁止

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• transformation
• abnormality
• sexual perversion; pervert - abbreviation ➜ 変態性欲
• metamorphosis - Biology term
• transformation; transition; modification - Chemistry, Physics term

noun / suffix noun:

• death

noun:

• rejection (of a manuscript, etc.) ［没］ - abbreviation ➜ ボツ・没書【ぼっしょ】

prefix:

• lacking; without ［没］

noun:

• cigar - abbreviation ➜ 葉巻きタバコ

noun:

• empty house
• empty nest
• prowler; sneak thief; cat burglar - abbreviation ➜ 空き巣狙い

noun:

• long-handled Chinese spear; lance; pike
• weapon; arms ［ほこ］
• grip of a bow ［ほこ］
• parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears - abbreviation ➜ 矛山車

noun:

• splitting the cost; Dutch treat - abbreviation ➜ 割り前勘定

noun:

• Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama) ➜ 稲魂
• Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto)
• fox (said to be messengers of Inari) ➜ 狐
• fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes) ➜ 油揚げ
• inarizushi - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ いなり寿司

noun / suffix noun:

• account; history; chronicle; annals; record - also written 紀

noun:

• Records of Ancient Matters - abbreviation ➜ 古事記

noun:

• technical college - abbreviation ➜ 高等専門学校
• higher schools and colleges

noun:

• special effects; SFX - abbreviation ➜ 特殊撮影

proper noun:

• Public Employment Security Office - abbreviation ➜ 公共職業安定所

noun:

• egg white; albumen; albumin - esp. 蛋白
• protein - esp. タンパク - abbreviation ➜ 蛋白質

noun / ~する noun:

• antics; buffoonery; clowning

noun:

• clown; jester - abbreviation ➜ 道化方【どうけがた】

noun:

• rook - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 飛車

noun:

• alcoholism - abbreviation ➜ アルコール中毒

noun:

• Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa) ［あずさ・アズサ］ ➜ 夜糞峰榛
• yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata) ［あずさ・アズサ］ ➜ キササゲ
• Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus) ［あずさ・アズサ］ ➜ 赤芽柏
• printing block
• catalpa bow ［あずさ］ - abbreviation ➜ 梓弓
• catalpa medium ［あずさ］ - abbreviation ➜ 梓巫女

noun:

• graduate student - abbreviation ➜ 大学院生
• insei; apprentice go professional

noun:

• temple (esp. large one); monastery - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 僧伽藍摩

suffix noun:

• temple building - Buddhism term

noun:

• kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature
• excellent swimmer ［かっぱ］
• cucumber ［かっぱ］ ➜ 胡瓜
• rolled sushi containing a stick of cucumber ［かっぱ］ - abbreviation ➜ 河童巻き