adjective:

• fast; quick; hasty; brisk - esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い
• early (in the day, etc.); premature - esp. 早い
• (too) soon; not yet; (too) early - esp. 早い
• easy; simple; quick - esp. 早い ➜ 手っ取り早い

noun:

• policeman; cop - esp. お巡り ➜ お巡りさん
• walking in a circle (dog trick) - esp. お回り
• rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.) - archaism
• vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies) - archaism ➜ おかず・女房言葉

noun:

• China and Japan
• the middle day
• the equinoctial day

noun:

• just before a war - archaism
• day before a holiday - archaism
• day before the one on which prostitutes were forced to accept customers - archaism ➜ 紋日

suffix:

• route; road
• distance travelled in a day
• one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s) ➜ 七十路

noun:

• new moon - Astronomy term
• first day of the lunar month
• (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)

adjectival noun / noun:

• spare time; free time; leisure

noun:

• time (e.g. time it takes to do something) ［ひま・ヒマ］

adjectival noun / noun:

• time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave
• quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse)

adjectival noun:

• (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow ［ひま・ヒマ］

noun:

• leaving; departing ［いとま］ ➜ 御暇

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to get dark; to grow dark
• to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to close
• to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought); to be overcome with

conjunction:

• used when referring to oneself in a letter to one's superior - humble language ➜ 下る
• after a time; later; down to (e.g. from the Restoration down to present day)
• used when listing items or people by decreasing worth, rank, etc.

noun:

• end; finish; stop
• bounds; limits ➜ 切りがない・切りのない
• delivery date (of a futures contract) - esp. 限り,限
• finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville)

suffix / counter:

• counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat)

particle:

• only; just - senses 6-8 are sometimes pronounced ぎり, esp. in old-fashioned speech - usually written using kana alone ➜ っ切り【っきり】
• since; after - usu. in a negative sentence - usually written using kana alone
• remaining (in a particular state) - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~する noun:

• lead; leading; taking the lead

noun:

• lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede
• lead (wire)
• lead (e.g. dog); leash
• reed (of a woodwind, etc.)
• lied; German song, usu. for solo voice & piano - From German "Lied" ➜ リート

noun / ~する noun:

• read; reading

noun / ~する noun:

• (telephone) call; (telephone) ring

noun:

• shout; call; chant
• call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money - abbreviation ➜ コールローン・コールマネー
• coal

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• cold - Kansai dialect ➜ コールド

noun:

• exposure to the sun; sunny place
• per day ［日当たり・日当り・日当］

noun / ~する noun:

• second helping; another cup; seconds ➜ 代わり【かわり】

interjection:

• command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand ➜ お手【おて】

noun:

• personnel; members; lineup (of a team); roster; cast (of a play)
• announcement of next day's match-ups - Sumo term

suffix noun:

• hut; house

noun:

• (in the ancient Chinese army) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km) - archaism

noun:

• lion ➜ ライオン
• left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine ➜ 狛犬

noun:

• concluding festivities; concluding program; concluding programme
• final day of a tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• (for) how many days ➜ 幾日も
• what day (of the month)

noun:

• Mayday (call for help)
• May Day (May 1st)

noun:

• women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono
• ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go) ［打ち掛け］

noun / ~する noun:

• scoring the first point; winning the first game ［せんしょう］

noun:

• lucky day in the morning, but not in the afternoon ➜ 六曜

noun:

• five and seven
• 35th day after a person's death - abbreviation ➜ 五七日

noun:

• dogfight; dogfighting
• fighting dog

noun:

• holiday ➜ 紋日
• day on which prostitutes had to receive clients (or pay their own fee to avoid doing so) - archaism