adjective:

• near; close; short (distance)
• close (in time); soon
• close (relationship); friendly; intimate
• closely related
• similar; likeworthy; almost the same

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

• beginning; start; outset; opening

noun:

• first (in line, etc.) - esp. 初め
• origin - esp. 始め
• such as ...; not to mention ... - esp. 始め; as 〜を始め, 〜を始めとして, etc. - usually written using kana alone

adjective:

• slow; time-consuming; sluggish ［遅い・鈍い・遲い］
• late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); until a time far into the day or night ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• later (than expected or usual); late; behind schedule; behind time; tardy; overdue; unpunctual ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• too late; having missed the boat ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• dull; stupid ［遅い・鈍い・遲い］ - archaism

pronoun:

• this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) ➜ 何れ・其れ・彼【あれ】
• this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) - humble language
• now
• here - archaism
• I (me) - archaism
• certainly - archaism

noun:

• parent; parents; mother and father ［親］
• dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker ［親］ ➜ 子【こ】
• founder; inventor
• (pet) owner ［親］

~の noun / noun:

• key; parent (organization); main ［親］

noun:

• ancestor; forefather

noun:

• star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon)
• offender; perpetrator - police slang - slang
• star point (in go); hoshi; intersection marked with a dot
• circular symbol (said to be shaped like a shining star)
• bullseye
• one's star (out of the nine stars); the star that determines one's fate ➜ 九星
• small dot; spot
• point; score - Sumo term

noun:

• record; minutes; document
• record (e.g. in sports); results; score

~する noun:

• to record; to document
• to set a record (e.g. in sports); to show a result; to reach a value

noun:

• skin
• body (in the context of intimate bodily contact) ➜ 肌を許す

noun / suffix noun:

• surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture
• disposition; temperament; character; type ➜ 肌が合う

noun:

• on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond) - esp. ほとり
• (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby

suffix noun:

• around (Sunday, last year, etc...) ［あたり］
• for instance ［あたり］

noun:

• pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.)
• one (on dice, in cards, etc.) - From Portuguese "pinta"
• beginning; best ➜ キリ
• kickback

noun:

• face
• mask; face guard
• (in kendo) striking the head - Martial Arts term
• surface (esp. a geometrical surface)
• page

noun / suffix:

• aspect; facet; side
• chamfer

counter:

• counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game

noun:

• slide
• change (in value or situation); proportional change

~する noun:

• to slide; to slip
• to change (in value, e.g. with a sliding scale); to change (in situation)

counter:

• counter for small animals ［ひき］
• counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size)
• counter for horses ［き］ - archaism

noun:

• roll of cloth

noun:

• beach; seashore
• captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ 揚げ浜
• Yokohama - abbreviation ➜ 横浜
• riverbank; riverside - archaism - Ōsaka dialect

suffix noun / noun:

• rise; increase; ascent Antonym: 下がり

noun:

• income; proceeds; return; profit; crop yield
• freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops) - abbreviation ➜ 上がり花
• completion; stop; finish
• end result (e.g. of crafts like painting, pottery, etc.); how something comes out

suffix / ~の noun:

• after (rain, illness, etc.)
• ex- (e.g. ex-bureaucrat)

~の noun:

• northbound

noun:

• structure; construction; appearance
• posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; stance
• readiness; determination; preparedness
• kanji enclosure type radical (must enclose at least two sides of the kanji) - e.g. 門

noun:

• way of writing; manner of writing
• penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy
• format (e.g. of a report)
• stroke order of a character

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to fan (oneself, flames, etc.)
• to flap (in the wind)
• to instigate; to stir up; to incite; to agitate
• to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something)
• to take a photo from a low angle ➜ 煽り【あおり】
• to tailgate ➜ 煽り【あおり】

noun / ~の noun:

• a line; a streak; a stripe; a ray (of light); a wisp (of smoke)

noun:

• one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one passage (in a book)
• one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
• the same logic; the same reason - archaism

particle:

• indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
• indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)

conjunction:

• but; however; still; and
• regardless of; whether (or not) - after the volitional form of a verb

noun:

• par
• paper (in rock, paper, scissors game) ➜ ぱあ・じゃん拳【じゃんけん】
• apiece; each - From English "per"
• percent - abbreviation ➜ パーセント

noun:

• mall
• maul (in rugby)
• mole
• Moor - From French "maure" ➜ ムーア人
• molding - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ モールディング

noun:

• clan; partisans; conspirators; gang; ring; crew

noun / ~する noun:

• participation (e.g. in a plot)

noun:

• one flavour; one charm
• one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
• universality (of the teachings of Buddha) - Buddhism term

~する verb (spec.):

• to obey; to submit; to defer; to yield; to abide
• to serve (e.g. in the army, or a sentence in jail (gaol))
• to observe (e.g. mourning) - also pronounced ぶくする
• to drink (tea, medicine, etc.) - also pronounced ぶくする

~と adverb / adverb:

• whistling (of the wind); blowing
• fluttering (in the wind); waving; flapping; flying
• tottering; staggering
• aimlessly; wandering about; roaming
• aloof from the world; easygoing; transcendental; detached