noun:

• servant (esp. a samurai's attendant)
• chivalrous man (c. Edo period)
• cubed tofu (often served cold) - abbreviation ➜ 奴豆腐
• kite shaped like a footman - abbreviation ➜ 奴凧
• Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants - abbreviation ➜ 奴頭
• enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime)

pronoun:

• he; she; him; her - archaism - derogatory term

noun:

• base fare for a bus or train or taxi

adverb:

• somehow or other; for some reason or another ➜ なんとなく

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life - four character idiom ➜ 一所懸命

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go downhill (e.g. for one's business); to be badly off (economically) ➜ 左前

noun:

• buying for immediate requirements; buying just enough to fulfil one's needs; spot purchasing - Business term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to fit well (e.g. clothes)
• to be good for one's health

expression / ichidan verb:

• to use one's intuition; to use one's instinct; to use one's head

noun:

• getting one's finger caught (e.g. in a door); getting one's finger pinched; jamming one's finger in a door ➜ 指を詰める
• yakuza finger-cutting ritual

godan ~る verb:

• to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body; to be helpful
• to stand in someone else's shoes ［身になる］
• to care deeply for someone ［身になる］ - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• bathing; washing one's body or hair; ablution
• receiving a blessing; receiving an honor

noun / ~の noun:

• nostalgia for the good old days; retro-culture - four character idiom

noun:

• antiquarian bookshop; store for rare and old books

expression:

• one should not leave things unfinished; when a young Mencius returned home during the middle of school, his mother cut off the cloth she had been weaving on the loom to admonish him for stopping his studies midway - proverb ➜ 断機

noun / ~する noun:

• (the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior)
• one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.)
• trial service (of a servant)

noun:

• person with whom one is having an illicit love affair - four character idiom

prefix noun:

• old age; age; old people; the old; the aged; senior; elder

noun / ~する noun:

• going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance - four character idiom

noun:

• recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts - four character idiom

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to shout; to cry; to scream; to shriek; to yell; to exclaim
• to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)

noun:

• application for admittance to a school

noun:

• school for the blind and dumb

noun:

• interviewer (for job, school, etc. interviews) ➜ 面接

noun:

• school for Japanese outside of Japan

noun:

• cookery school; cooking school; culinary school; culinary academy