noun:

• Dutch disease; decline in a country's manufacturing sector owing to increased exploitation of natural resources - Business term

noun:

• Far East Command; FEC; United States military headquarters in the western Pacific after World War II

noun / ~する noun:

• agitating other players in a multiplayer or online game by rapidly moving one's avatar left and right - abbr. of シャア専用ゲルググのダンス - slang

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:

• eggs; egg; spawn; roe ［卵］
• hen egg
• (an expert) in the making ［卵］
• beginning; origin; infancy ［卵］

noun:

• bread; pastries (e.g. croissants); pastry-based products - originally written 麺麭 or 麪包 - From Portuguese "pão"
• pan; frying pan - From English "pan" ➜ フライパン

noun / ~する noun:

• panning (in a film)

noun:

• out (in baseball, tennis, etc.) - Sports term

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• outer; external; outside

expression:

• no good; out of line; unacceptable; failure

adverbial noun / conjunction:

• etc.; otherwise; besides; in addition; the rest; the others; and so forth - そのた is the more common reading when written

noun:

• beach; seashore
• captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ 揚げ浜
• Yokohama - abbreviation ➜ 横浜
• riverbank; riverside - archaism - Ōsaka dialect

noun:

• particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word - Linguistics term

noun:

• star (esp. television); personality - From English "talent"
• talent; skill
• talent; unit of currency in ancient Greece and Israel ➜ タラント

expression / conjunction:

• in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

noun:

• space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper)
• surface of paper
• letter; writings; document

suffix:

• in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of
• attached or stretched on

noun / ~の noun:

• eastern direction
• the Orient

noun:

• eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling) ［ひがしかた・ひがしがた］ - Martial Arts term

noun:

• variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions

noun:

• extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary - esp. エキストラ

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• extra; surplus; excess; additional; special; extraordinary - esp. エクストラ

noun / suffix noun:

• ratio; proportion

noun:

• match; equal
• explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing) ➜ 六義
• Philippines - abbreviation ➜ 比律賓

suffix noun:

• in comparison with ... - after a noun

suffix:

• through; throughout; in the course of
• all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

noun / ~する noun:

• entry; entering; applying to take part; registering to participate (in a competition, etc.)

noun:

• ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shochu) with added sugar ➜ 梅【うめ】

noun:

• cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive (drastic) measure; cutting the (Gordian) knot - four character idiom

noun:

• uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot

noun:

• reader (person)
• person who reads the cards (in karuta games) ➜ 取り手
• composer (of a poem) - also written as 詠み手 ➜ 詠み手【よみて】

noun:

• being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets)
• going in one ear and out the other