noun:

• top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down

noun / ~する noun:

• going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating
• going and coming back

noun:

• upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people
• first and second volumes

expression:

• in the middle of something; busy with something
• in commotion as a result of something untoward happening
• currently importing or capturing data

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox)

noun:

• room; chamber
• monk in charge of business in the monks' quarters
• bedroom (of a married couple)
• locule (in a plant ovary)
• atria and ventricles

noun:

• ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus, species of monitor lizard found throughout the arid northern regions of Australia); spiny-tailed monitor

noun:

• mouth; lips
• shape of the mouth
• near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance

noun:

• Ministry of Popular Affairs (1869-1871) ［みんぶしょう］
• Ministry of Popular Affairs (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• four gods said to rule over the four directions
• (in China) four gods said to rule over the four seasons

noun:

• ratio indicating the quantity of polished rice gained from a given quantity of brown rice (nowadays usually expressed as a percent)

noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服

noun:

• noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility) ［ういかんむり］ ➜ 巻纓・垂纓

noun:

• historic district; historic center of a town

noun:

• Red Army; Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

noun:

• muscle; tendon; sinew
• vein; artery
• fiber; fibre; string
• line; stripe; streak
• reason; logic ➜ 筋が通る
• plot; storyline
• lineage; descent
• school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
• aptitude; talent
• source (of information, etc.); circle; channel
• well-informed person (in a transaction)
• logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
• ninth vertical line - Shōgi term
• seam on a helmet
• gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 筋蒲鉾
• social position; status - archaism

suffix noun / noun / ~の noun:

• on (a river, road, etc.); along

suffix / counter:

• counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
• (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency) - archaism

noun:

• compound ideograph (one of the six kanji classifications); kanji made up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain)

noun:

• outer two ribs of a folding fan (i.e. the thick ribs, one at each end)
• outer frame of a lattice door

noun:

• embouchure; position and use of the lips, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument - From French
• mouthpiece of a musical instrument

noun:

• merchant's home (esp. used by apprentices, etc.) ➜ 店【たな】
• (your) rental home ➜ 店【たな】

noun:

• location information (as used by location-based services, e.g. GPS position)

numeric:

• one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale)

noun:

• one-quarter of a ryou (obsolete unit of currency)
• thickness
• advantageous circumstances
• one-tenth of a monme of silver ➜ 匁【もんめ】

noun:

• cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding

noun / ~する noun:

• appearing on the cover of a magazine

noun / ~する noun:

• growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult
• growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

noun:

• tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end
• slope at the foot of a mountain

noun:

• taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• these days; nowadays; present day; modern times
• at this time (of the day)

noun:

• bust (measurement)
• breasts; bosom
• upper half of the body (esp. statue or portrait); bust ➜ 上半身【じょうはんしん】・半身像【はんしんぞう】