noun / suffix noun:

• spot; mark
• point; dot
• mark (e.g. in exam); score; points

noun:

• comma
• aspect; matter; respect

counter:

• counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.

noun:

• patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; financial supporter
• sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha) ➜ 芸者・旦那
• patron; master; manager; boss

noun:

• pot - polite language
• typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period - archaism
• working at night
• female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite) - often derog. - usually written using kana alone - slang

noun:

• speedrun; playing through a video game for additional challenge (e.g. as quickly as possible, to obtain the highest score, without using a certain weapon, etc.)

noun:

• three shop system; system employed by pachinko parlours of using separate shops to exchange prizes for cash as a way of circumventing Japan's gambling laws

noun:

• memorial service; temple service - Buddhism term
• (Nichiren Buddhism) memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of 10th month)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be at wit's end; to be at a loss for what to do

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day

expression / ichidan verb:

• to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun:

• near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity ➜ 近い

suffix noun:

• nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to

adverb:

• shortly; soon

noun / ~する noun:

• toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something)
• drinking one's glass dry

interjection:

• cheers

adjectival noun / adverb / ~の noun:

• as one would expect
• still; all the same
• even... (e.g. "even a genius...") - as さすがの〜も

noun:

• expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; calculations
• purpose; intention; motive; ulterior motive
• others' opinions of one
• speculation - Finance term

noun:

• accent (of one's speech)
• dialect; provincialism; patois
• corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• being held in suspense; being on edge; scared stiff; one's testicles going up and down [literal] - idiom - male language ➜ 上がったり下がったり【あがったりさがったり】

noun:

• period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
• apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture - abbreviation ➜ 年季奉公
• one-year period ［年期］

noun / ~の noun:

• once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)

interjection:

• not yet!; cry by the referee when one wrestler is on the attack - Sumo term

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• remaining; left-over

noun:

• (lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

adjectival noun / noun:

• having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior) - idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• being faithful to one's principles; being of firm purpose and deep commitment; constancy; true blue - four character idiom

ichidan verb:

• to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

noun:

• stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock