noun / suffix noun:

• popularity; favour; favor; reception

noun:

• defense; defence; reputation
• agreement
• receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
• submissive partner of a homosexual relationship - often abbr. 凹 on gay SNS sites - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism ➜ 猫・攻め・タチ

noun:

• enclosure; fence; wall; pen; paling
• storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.)
• partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies
• mistress - abbreviation ➜ 囲い者
• castle; strong defensive position - Shōgi term

noun:

• draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; strainer; sieve
• something full of holes ➜ ざる法【ざるほう】
• zaru soba - abbreviation ➜ ざる蕎麦
• strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish - colloquialism

noun:

• Hexanchidae; family with four species and three genera of cow sharks characterized by either one or two additional pairs of gill slits

noun:

• pointed end; tip; point; cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.); apex (of a curve)
• forefront; vanguard; spearhead; leading edge

noun:

• sky
• heaven ［てん］
• svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) ［てん］ - Buddhism term
• deva (divine being of Buddhism) ［てん］ - Buddhism term

noun:

• cut end; edge (of a page, etc.)
• small amount; small sum Antonym: 大口【おおぐち】
• beginning; clue
• tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place ➜ 虎口

noun:

• state (of mind); mental state; emotional condition
• field (of activity)
• one's lot; circumstance; situation in life
• place; region; area; land - orig. meaning

noun:

• swallowing in one gulp; downing; mouthful; bite
• sipping; sip
• thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone

noun:

• one's business - archaism - polite language
• reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha
• bargain; discount
• money paid to a prostitute or geisha

noun:

• Asplenium antiquum (species of spleenwort) ➜ 大谷渡
• Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant) ➜ 隠れ蓑
• leaves used for serving or offering sake, rice, etc. ➜ 三角柏

noun:

• Abenomics; economic and monetary policies of Shinzo Abe, 90th and 96th prime minister of Japan, during his second term

noun:

• French paradox; paradox of relatively high health levels in France despite smoking, consumption of alcohol, meat, etc.

noun:

• circle ➜ ○【まる】

noun / prefix noun:

• entirety; whole; full; complete

noun:

• money; dough; moola - slang
• enclosure inside a castle's walls - esp. 丸
• soft-shelled turtle - Kansai dialect ➜ スッポン

suffix:

• suffix for ship names; suffix for names of people (esp. infants); suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc.; suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc. - esp. 丸 ➜ 麻呂

expression / ichidan verb:

• to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to lose one's breath
• to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to collapse
• to die

noun / ~する noun:

• astringency; constriction; contraction
• collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; summarizing
• extraction (of taxes)
• convergence (of light) ➜ 収束
• convergence - Mathematics term ➜ 収束
• convergence - Biology term ➜ 収斂進化

adjectival noun:

• smooth (of a surface); glassy; velvety; soft
• smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); fluid; trouble-free
• continuously differentiable - Mathematics term

noun:

• young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.)

suffix noun / noun:

• girl ➜ 彦

prefix:

• small; cute; lesser (in names of species)

noun:

• prostitute - archaism - Kyōto dialect

noun:

• beehive; hive; honeycomb
• something full of holes; "swiss cheese" [figurative] - idiom
• honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach - Food term
• cast iron anvil stand - obsolete term

noun:

• altered photograph, usu. with sexual connotations, such as putting someone's face on top of a picture of a nude idol, etc. - abbreviation ➜ アイドルコラージュ

noun:

• type of sōmen made without added oil; specialty of Miyagi prefecture, usu. eaten in broth, esp. warm in winter - Food term ➜ 素麺【そうめん】

noun:

• source (of a spring, etc.)
• source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring

noun:

• incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar - Buddhism term ➜ 実化
• embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

noun / ~する noun:

• accumulation (e.g. of emotions, grievances, etc.); buildup; suppression (e.g. of anger)

noun / ~する noun:

• making sport of; making a plaything of; toying with; trifling with; ridicule; mockery