noun / ~する noun:

• reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; browsing
• reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand

noun:

• to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school ➜ 寺子屋
• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
• to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)

expression / adverb:

• perhaps; possibly; maybe; by any chance; if I'm not mistaken
• if; in case; in the event that

noun:

• message butting in (to a conversation between two other people on a BBS, etc.) - slang

noun:

• ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism) - derogatory term

noun:

• split bamboo; bamboo slat; bamboo split
• noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)

noun:

• that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) ➜ 何れ・此れ・其れ
• that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors)
• over there - archaism
• down there (i.e. one's genitals) ［あれ］ - colloquialism
• period; menses ［あれ］ - colloquialism

interjection:

• hey (expression of surprise, suspicion, etc.); huh?; eh?

noun:

• that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time)

noun:

• part time (esp. female part time employees) ➜ アルバイト

noun:

• mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking

noun:

• special purpose submarine (esp. Japanese midget submarines used in WWII)

noun:

• wrestler's belt used in a bout - Sumo term

noun:

• fine chemical (high precision chemicals, typically used in pharmaceutical products)

noun:

• decorative portable shrine; float used in festivals - not often used in Kyoto - Kansai dialect ➜ 山車【だし】

noun:

• language used in red-light districts during the Edo period ➜ 郭言葉

noun / ~する noun:

• arrival on location (esp. used in transport industries, police, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 現地到着

noun:

• prying tool used in interior decoration - From English "interior bar"

noun:

• Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - polite language ➜ ない・ます

noun:

• Poria cocos (species of basidiomycete used in Chinese medicine) - archaism ➜ 茯苓

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - polite language - Kansai dialect ➜ ません

noun:

• pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon) - obscure term ➜ 貝多羅葉

conjunction / auxiliary:

• without doing ... ➜ ない

auxiliary:

• used in sentence-final position as an indirect prohibition

expression:

• assistant language teacher (technical term used in Japan); ALT

noun:

• masala (mixture of spices used in Indian cooking)

noun / ~の noun:

• silk gauze (esp. used in light clothing for high summer)