noun:

• giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
• qilin (Chinese unicorn)
• Kirin (brand of beer) ［麒麟］
• horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day ［騏驎］ - archaism

noun:

• thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer)
• skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking; skinner; barker

noun:

• oil cake (fertilizer made of oily vegetable dregs)
• deep-fried meat (esp. beef offal) resembling a pork rind ［油かす］ - Food term ➜ かす饂飩

noun / suffix noun:

• company; association; society - abbreviation ➜ 会社
• regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour)

counter / suffix:

• counter for companies, shrines, etc.

noun:

• plastic packing material with air bubbles; bubble wrap - From English "air cap"
• cap on a tyre valve
• brand of lawn mower

noun:

• confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika) - obscure term

noun:

• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp - also written as 大頭
• emperor's encampment

noun:

• digging up, removing sprouts from, and replanting tubers (esp. of the sweet potato) to make for a bigger end product

noun:

• light used as a religious offering ➜ 御灯・神灯
• paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)

noun:

• Buddhist decoration engraved with various motifs, often made from gilt copper (e.g. for adorning the inner shrine of a temple) - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• dozing off in the middle of doing something; becoming inactive online due to falling asleep (esp. during a multi-player game)

noun:

• world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy)
• appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)

noun / ~する noun:

• trying to think of (a way); working out (how to do)
• contriving (to raise money); managing

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• having great (impressive, commanding) presence; having an air of importance; having enough gravity for (a position) - four character idiom

noun:

• Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) ➜ 日吉神道

expression / godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out

adjectival noun / noun:

• upper part

noun:

• upper stream; upper course of a river ［かみて］
• right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV) ［かみて］

adjectival noun / noun:

• skillful (only in comparisons); dexterity (only in comparisons) ［うわて］

noun:

• over-arm grip on opponent's belt ［うわて］ - Sumo term

expression:

• money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; even in hell, the extent of one's suffering is determined by money [literal] - proverb

expression / noun:

• my lord; my master; one's own lord; one's own master - in kyogen, etc.

noun:

• driver (of a vehicle)
• screwdriver - abbreviation ➜ スクリュードライバー
• driver (golf)
• driver; device driver - IT term

~する noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over - onomatopoeia

noun:

• western part; the west (of a region)
• the West (United States)

noun / ~する noun:

• kun reading; kun'yomi; native Japanese reading of a Chinese character ➜ 音読み

noun / ~の noun:

• liner; line drive - Baseball term

noun:

• liner; ocean liner ➜ トランパー
• liner (of a coat, etc.); lining

noun / ~する noun:

• task; (doing a) bit of work
• difficult task; hard work