noun:

• Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE)
• Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE)
• era of vicious competition

noun:

• words; writing; lyrics
• ci (form of Chinese poetry) ➜ 填詞
• independent word ➜ 辞

noun:

• tail
• tael (Chinese unit of mass & currency) - also written as 両
• tailcoat; tails - abbreviation - obscure term ➜ テールコート

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to boast; to brag
• to recite (a song or poem to oneself)
• to bark; to roar; to howl

noun:

• address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; words
• ci (Chinese literary form)
• ancillary word ➜ 詞

noun:

• spices; condiments; seasoning
• adjuvant (in Chinese medicine); addition of an adjuvant - Medicine term
• meat, fish, vegetables, etc. added to rice or udon (e.g to make gomoku meshi) - Kansai dialect ➜ 五目飯

noun:

• flowering crab apple (Malus halliana)
• Kaido crab apple (Malus micromalus)
• Chinese flowering apple (Malus spectabilis)
• Siberian crab apple (Malus baccata)
• aronia (flower)

noun / suffix noun:

• section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
• phrase - Linguistics term
• verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
• haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
• maxim; saying; idiom; expression

noun:

• blue dragon ➜ 青竜
• Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens) ➜ 青竜
• seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿
• large horse with a bluish-leaden coat
• shape of an old pine tree

noun:

• law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation
• vinaya (rules for the monastic community) - Buddhism term
• Ritsu (school of Buddhism) - abbreviation ➜ 律宗
• lushi (style of Chinese poem) - abbreviation ➜ 律詩
• (musical) pitch - also りち
• six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale ➜ 十二律・呂
• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) - abbreviation ➜ 律旋

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• (in traditional Eastern music) step (corresponding to a Western semitone)

noun:

• stomach
• Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 胃宿・白虎【びゃっこ】

noun / ~する noun:

• addition of points; scoring
• addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese

noun:

• heart; mind

noun / suffix:

• spirit; vitality; inner strength ➜ 愛郷心
• Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】
• friend - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• reading aloud Antonym: 黙読 ➜ 朗読
• reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation ➜ 音読み

noun:

• thing that reminds one of a particular season
• poem about natural scenery; poem about a particular season

noun:

• kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot
• Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum) ［つづら］ ➜ 葛藤【つづらふじ】

noun:

• ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature
• ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)

noun:

• phrase (verse, line)
• one haiku-poem

noun / ~する noun:

• reading in a monotone
• reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

noun:

• passing away; death
• death poem (poem written during one's final moments)

noun:

• iron (steel) wire
• Chinese clematis; Clematis florida; leather flower

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song
• to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry

noun:

• old translation
• pre-Xuanzang Chinese translation (esp. 5th-mid 7th century) - usu. くやく - Buddhism term

noun:

• Nanking; Nanjing
• pumpkin; squash - Kansai dialect ➜ カボチャ

prefix noun:

• Chinese; Southeast Asian; foreign
• rare; precious; cute

noun:

• China - archaism

prefix noun:

• Chinese ［もろこし］