noun:

• ball; sphere; globe; orb
• bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet
• ball (in sports) - esp. 球
• pile (of noodles, etc.)
• bullet - esp. 弾; also written as 弾丸
• bulb (i.e. a light bulb) - esp. 球
• lens (of glasses, etc.)
• bead (of an abacus) - esp. 玉,珠
• ball (i.e. a testicle) - esp. 玉 - slang - abbreviation ➜ 金玉【きんたま】
• gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl - esp. 玉,珠; also written as 璧
• female entertainer (e.g. a geisha)
• person (when commenting on their nature); character - derogatory term
• item, funds or person used as part of a plot

noun / suffix noun:

• egg ➜ 玉子

suffix noun:

• coin - usu. だま
• precious; beautiful; excellent

noun:

• business affairs of a company
• clerical business of a Shinto shrine

noun:

• rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case)

noun:

• foundation of a great project; base of a great enterprise

noun / ~する noun:

• marrying (of a monk) - Buddhism term
• returning to secular life (of a monk) - Buddhism term

noun:

• first five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem)

noun:

• inspection (esp. of a document); stamp of approval (for a document)

noun:

• individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article
• single item out of a set; one item from a set

conjunction:

• for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of
• because of; as a result of

noun / ~する noun:

• formation; establishment; materialization; coming into existence
• conclusion (e.g. of a deal); approval; completion; arrangement
• being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding; applying

noun:

• remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting) - usu. アラ
• flaw (esp. of a person); fault; defect
• rice chaff

prefix:

• rough
• crude; raw; natural; wild

noun:

• mist over a body of water; spray
• suien; four decorative metal plates joined at right angles forming part of a pagoda finial ［すいえん］

noun:

• head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school

noun:

• representative of a board of directors; spokesperson for a board of directors

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to finish; to end; to be completed
• to merely result in something less severe than expected
• to feel at ease
• to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry - in the negative ➜ すみません

noun:

• echo; reverberation
• sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise
• quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read

noun:

• cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand ➜ 屋台店
• festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; dancing platform ➜ 踊り屋台
• stage prop fashioned after a large building
• framework (of a house, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 屋台骨
• house (esp. a small and miserable house) - archaism

noun:

• having the face of a devil and the heart of Buddha; having a stern face but a tender heart - four character idiom

noun:

• occasion; time
• section (of a literary work); paragraph; verse; stanza; passage
• principle; integrity
• node (of a plant stem)
• clause - Linguistics term
• (taxonomical) section

noun:

• wait to turn either of two pairs into a three-of-a-kind to finish one's hand - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ シャンポン待ち【シャンポンまち】

noun:

• glow of a river in the darkness; surface of a river gleaming in the darkness; gleam on a river at dusk

noun:

• (opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut

expression:

• throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ... ➜ 渡る

noun:

• subject (of a painting); motif; theme
• title of a painting

noun:

• son of a distinguished family; son of a noble