noun:

• flower; blossom; bloom; petal
• cherry blossom
• beauty
• blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)
• ikebana ➜ 生け花
• hanafuda - abbreviation ➜ 花札
• (the) best - usu. as 〜が花 ➜ 言わぬが花

~の noun:

• glorious; lovely

noun:

• university; college ➜ 総合大学
• former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators) - abbreviation ➜ 大学寮・国学【こくがく】
• the Great Learning (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• telephone call; phone call

noun / ~の noun:

• telephone (device); phone - abbreviation ➜ 電話機

noun:

• north
• the North; northern territories
• North Korea - abbreviation
• north wind - archaism

noun:

• room; chamber
• apartment; flat; pad
• stable - abbreviation - Sumo term ➜ 相撲部屋

noun / ~の noun:

• blue; azure
• green - mostly in compound words and in ref. to fruits, plants and traffic lights

noun:

• green light (traffic) - abbreviation ➜ 青信号
• black (horse coat color) ➜ 青毛

prefix:

• immature; unripe; young

noun:

• cat
• shamisen
• geisha
• wheelbarrow - abbreviation ➜ 猫車
• clay bed-warmer - abbreviation ➜ 猫火鉢
• bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism Antonym: タチ

noun:

• (hard) candy; toffee - Food term
• rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc. - Food term
• amber; yellowish-brown - abbreviation ➜ 飴色

noun:

• apartment building; apartment block; apartment house - abbreviation ➜ アパートメントハウス
• apartment - abbreviation ➜ アパートメント

noun:

• cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.) ➜ コップ
• instant noodles purchased in cup; cup noodles - abbreviation ➜ カップ麺

noun:

• curry
• rice and curry - abbreviation ➜ カレーライス

prefix:

• kilo-; 1000 - From French

noun:

• kilogram; kilogramme - abbreviation ➜ キログラム
• kilometre; kilometer - abbreviation ➜ キロメートル

prefix:

• kilo-; 1024; 2^10 - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• copy; photocopy
• blurb on a book jacket
• catch copy - abbreviation

noun:

• television; TV - abbreviation ➜ テレビジョン・ＴＶ【ティーブイ】
• TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast - abbreviation

noun:

• department store - abbreviation ➜ デパートメントストア
• department - abbreviation ➜ デパートメント

noun:

• toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory - abbreviation ➜ トイレット

noun:

• notebook; copy-book; exercise book - abbreviation ➜ ノートブック

noun / ~する noun:

• note; noting down

noun:

• (musical) note
• notebook computer; laptop - abbreviation ➜ ノートパソコン

noun:

• handkerchief - abbreviation ➜ ハンカチーフ

noun:

• shirt; business shirt; dress shirt - abbreviation - From English "white shirt" ➜ ホワイトシャツ

interjection:

• thank you; thanks - abbreviation ➜ どうも有難う

adverb:

• much (thanks); very (sorry); quite (regret)
• quite; really; mostly
• somehow
• in spite of oneself; try as one might; no matter how hard one may try (to, not to) ➜ どうしても

interjection:

• greetings; hello; goodbye

noun:

• postcard - abbreviation ➜ 郵便葉書
• memo; note; card

noun:

• red; crimson; scarlet
• red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
• Red (i.e. communist) - often written as アカ - colloquialism
• red light (traffic) - abbreviation ➜ 赤信号
• red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red - abbreviation ➜ 赤字・赤字

~の noun:

• complete; total; perfect; obvious ➜ 赤の他人

noun:

• copper ［赤］ ➜ 銅【どう】

noun:

• pet
• trumpet - abbreviation

noun:

• radio-cassette player - abbreviation ➜ ラジオカセット

noun / ~の noun:

• police
• police officer - abbreviation ➜ 警察官
• police station - abbreviation ➜ 警察署