noun:

• effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness - 効き often refers to medicine

suffix noun / prefix noun:

• dominance (e.g. of left or right hand) ［利き］

noun:

• tasting (alcohol, tea, etc.) ［利き］ ➜ 聞き【きき】

noun:

• needle; pin ➜ 鍼
• hook ➜ 鉤【かぎ】・釣り針【つりばり】
• stinger; thorn
• hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
• staple (for a stapler)
• needlework; sewing ➜ 御針
• malice

counter / suffix noun:

• counter for stitches

noun:

• fall; decline; lowering; hanging down; drooping; slanting (downward) Antonym: 上がり
• string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt - Sumo term
• food offering to the gods; leftovers; hand-me-downs - usu. as お下がり ➜ お下がり
• leaving (one's master's place for home)

suffix noun / noun:

• a little after ...

noun:

• stamp; seal; chop
• seal impression; seal; sealing; stamp; mark; print
• mudra (symbolic hand gesture) - Buddhism term
• ninja hand sign

noun / suffix noun / prefix noun:

• India - abbreviation ➜ 印度

noun:

• lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority
• second volume (of two); third volume (of three) Antonym: 上【じょう】 ➜ 下巻

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to send; to forward
• to hand over (e.g. money)

noun:

• one face; one surface
• the whole surface
• one aspect; one side

noun / adverbial noun:

• (on) the other hand
• one broad, flat object
• front page (e.g. newspaper)

noun / suffix noun:

• quotient - Mathematics term ➜ 積
• dealing; dealer; store
• second degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) ➜ 五音
• Shang (dynasty of China) ➜ 殷

noun / ~の noun:

• one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party

conjunction:

• on the other hand ➜ 一方【いっぽう】

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

• February
• second month of the lunar calendar

noun:

• lion ➜ ライオン
• left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine ➜ 狛犬

noun:

• proxy; ringer; substitute; double
• second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)

noun / ~する noun:

• imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck
• second marriage; remarriage

noun / ~の noun:

• symmetry

noun:

• second person

noun / ~する noun:

• return; coming back
• second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation

suffix:

• first-person plural (or singular) - humble language
• second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to) - derogatory term

noun:

• other side; another side; different angle

adverbial noun:

• on the other hand

noun:

• comeback (e.g. in business); reinstatement
• second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence

noun:

• preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism) ［おしょう］ - honorific language
• preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism) ［かしょう］ - honorific language
• preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism) ［わじょう］ - usu. 和上 - honorific language
• second highest priestly rank in Buddhism ➜ 法眼
• monk (esp. the head monk of a temple) ［おしょう・かしょう］
• master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• being evenly matched; being equal with; being on a par with; being well contested

noun:

• eldest and second eldest brother; older and younger brother - orig. meaning - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to push out; to project; to stick out
• to hand over (e.g. to the police)

noun:

• one arm
• right-hand man

noun:

• making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared
• rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

noun / ~する noun:

• retailing
• second-hand opinion or knowledge; telling at second hand; second-hand telling

expression / noun:

• feminine handwriting
• woman's hand