noun:

• avenue in the capital; busy main street of the capital; main thoroughfare

noun:

• grain; bead; drop

counter:

• counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

noun:

• support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation; guarantee; security

noun:

• haikai; collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.
• humorous or vulgar renga poetry - abbreviation ➜ 俳諧の連歌

noun:

• one cup (of sake)
• (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party

noun:

• that kind (may be used as a disparaging term for another person)
• competition; match

noun:

• special version of a product with features that allow it to be used for evaluation - abbreviation - From English "evaluation chip"

noun:

• face sheet (top copy); questionnaire that asks for a demographic profile

noun:

• crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes

noun:

• group - Chemistry term ➜ 官能基
• (free) radical ➜ 遊離基

counter:

• counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)

noun:

• freestanding building, often in a park, used for receptions, dinners, etc. - From English "restaurant house"

noun / ~する noun:

• popping bubble-wrap (e.g. for fun or as a stress relief technique) ➜ ぷちぷち

expression:

• a man of virtue will naturally attract admirers; good wine speaks for itself - proverb

noun:

• original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.) ➜ ねた

noun:

• using early morning time (before going to work) for some other activity (e.g. study)

noun:

• bag for holding waka manuscript paper ➜ 和歌
• vocal sac ➜ 鳴嚢
• pen-name of Fujitani Mitsue (1798-1824)

noun:

• reflation - abbreviation ➜ リフレーション
• reflexology (type of massage; often used as a cover for illicit sexual services) - abbreviation ➜ リフレクソロジー
• refresh - abbreviation ➜ リフレッシュ

interjection:

• thanks (e.g. for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it

noun / ~の noun:

• tiredness; fatigue ➜ 疲れ【つかれ】

noun:

• swimming pool that is open at night (esp. for a party) - From English "night pool"

noun:

• redology; study of the novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, one of China's four great classical novels

noun:

• alveolar consonant; sound (e.g. n,t,d) where the tongue touches (or nearly touches) the ridge behind your front top teeth ➜ 歯茎

noun:

• egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)

noun:

• principle holding that any matters left unresolved at the end of one Diet session are not to be carried over to the next

pre-noun adjectival:

• the usual; as it always is
• said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); aforementioned; you-know-(who, what, etc.)

adverb:

• in the usual way - archaism

noun:

• mirror with a mythical Chinese bird carved into the back ➜ 鸞鳥
• (in Japan) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp) ［らんけい］ ➜ 夷則・十二律