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⑤ カップ • cup

⑤ キロ • kilo-, kilogram, kilogramme, kilometre, kilometer, 10^3

⑤ クラス • class

⑤ グラム • gram, gramme

⑤ メートル • metre, meter, meter (i.e., a gauge), gauge

⑤ 一【いち】 • ① one ② best in, the most (...) in (where an adjective follows)

⑤ 雨【あめ】 • rain

⑤ 駅【えき】 • station

⑤ 円【えん】 • ① Yen, money ② circle

⑤ 語【ご】 • ① language ② word

⑤ 時間【じかん】 • ① time ② hours

⑤ 耳【みみ】 • ① ear ② hearing ③ edge, crust ④ selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics), selvage

⑤ 七【なな】 • seven

⑤ 女【おんな】 • woman

⑤ 人【じん】 • ① -ian (e.g. Italian, etc.) (attaches to name of country to denote nationality), -er (e.g. performer, etc.) (attaches to name of occupation) ② (usu. in compound words) man, person, people

⑤ 千【せん】 • 1,000, thousand

⑤ 川【がわ】 • ① river, stream ② the .... river, (suffix used with the names of rivers)

⑤ 足【あし】 • ① foot ② leg ③ gait ④ pace

⑤ 男【おとこ】 • man

⑤ 百【ひゃく】 • 100, hundred

⑤ 本【ほん】 • ① book, volume ② main, head, this, our, present, real ③ counter for long cylindrical things

⑤ 木【き】 • tree, wood, timber

⑤ 十【じゅう】 • 10, ten

⑤ 万【まん】 • ① 10,000, ten thousand ② myriads ③ everything, all

⑤ 目【め】 • ① eye, eyeball ② eyesight ③ look ④ experience ⑤ viewpoint ⑥ ordinal number suffix ⑦ somewhat, -ish

⑤ 時【じ】 • ① hour, o'clock ② (specified) time, when ..., during ...

⑤ は • ① topic marker particle ② indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated) ③ adds emphasis

⑤ が • ① indicates sentence subject (occasionally object) ② indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions) ③ but, however, still, and

⑤ か • ① indicates question (sentence end) ② indicates choice, doubt, etc.

⑤ 日【にち】 • ① Sunday ② day (of the month) ③ counter for days

⑤ 年【ねん】 • ① year (e.g. AD) ② counter for years

⑤ 山【さん】 • Mt (suffix used with the names of mountains), Mount

⑤ だ • plain copula

⑤ 夏【なつ】 • summer

⑤ 家族【かぞく】 • family, members of a family

⑤ 回【かい】 • ① counter for occurrences ② counter for innings (baseball)

⑤ 月【つき】 • ① moon ② month

⑤ 度【ど】 • ① degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.) ② counter for occurrences and times ③ strength (of alcohol)

⑤ 服【ふく】 • ① clothes (esp. Western clothes) ② counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

⑤ 夜【よる】 • evening, night

⑤ 四【し】 • four

⑤ 頭【あたま】 • ① head ② mind, brain, intellect ③ top ④ hair (on one's head) ⑤ bangs, fringe ⑥ top structural component of a kanji

⑤ 門【もん】 • ① gate ② branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master ③ (biological) division ④ counter for cannons

⑤ 町【まち】 • ① town, block, neighbourhood, neighborhood ② street, road ③ 109.09 m ④ 0.99 hectares

⑤ ヶ月【かげつ】 • (number of) months

⑤ 階【かい】 • ① stories, storeys ② counter for storeys and floors of a building

⑤ 戸【と】 • door (esp. Japanese-style)

⑤ 皿【さら】 • ① plate, dish, platter, disc ② serving, helping, course ③ kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

⑤ 雪【ゆき】 • snow

⑤ 部屋【へや】 • ① room ② sumo stable

⑤ 辺【へん】 • ① area, vicinity ② side (of triangle, rectangle, etc.) ③ circumstances

⑤ 方【かた】 • ① direction, way ② person, lady, gentleman ③ method of, manner of, way of ④ care of .. ⑤ person in charge of .. ⑥ side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

⑤ 弟【おとうと】 • younger brother

⑤ 番【ばん】 • ① number (in a series) ② (one's) turn ③ watch, guard, lookout ④ bout, match (sumo)

⑤ 個【こ】 • ① counter for articles ② counter for military units ③ individual

⑤ 歳【さい】 • ① -years-old ② ability, gift, talent, aptitude, genius

⑤ 咲く【さく】 • to bloom

⑤ 冊【さつ】 • counter for books

⑤ 晩【ばん】 • ① evening ② counter for nights

⑤ 枚【まい】 • counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper)

⑤ 匹【ひき】 • ① counter for small animals ② counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size) ③ roll of cloth

⑤ 鍵【かぎ】 • ① key ② lock

⑤ 撮る【とる】 • to take (a photo), to make (a film)

⑤ 貼る【はる】 • to stick, to paste, to affix

⑤ 箸【はし】 • chopsticks

⑤ する • ① to do ② to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into) ③ to serve as, to act as, to work as ④ to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.) ⑤ to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as ⑥ to decide on, to choose ⑦ to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) ⑧ to be (in a state, condition, etc.) ⑨ to be worth, to cost ⑩ to pass (of time), to elapse ⑪ verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs") ⑫ creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go") ⑬ to be just about to, to be just starting to, to try to, to attempt to

④ ページ • page

④ 子【こ】 • ① child ② young (animal) ③ young woman, young geisha ④ offshoot ⑤ interest ⑥ new shares ⑦ (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women)

④ 試合【しあい】 • match, game, bout, contest

④ 字【じ】 • ① character (i.e. kanji) ② hand-writing, penmanship ③ the ... word (i.e. "the L word" = "love")

④ 村【むら】 • village

④ 首【くび】 • ① neck ② head ③ unemployed person

④ 代【だい】 • ① charge, cost, price ② generation, age, reign ③ (geological) era ④ (after someone's name or title) a representative of, on behalf of, for (someone) ⑤ used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number ⑥ counter for decades of ages, eras, etc. ⑦ counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.) ⑧ proxy application company

④ 客【きゃく】 • ① guest, visitor ② customer, client, shopper, spectator, audience, tourist, sightseer, passenger

④ 参る【まいる】 • ① to go, to come, to call ② to be defeated, to collapse, to die ③ to be annoyed, to be nonplussed ④ to be madly in love ⑤ to visit (shrine, grave)

④ 指【ゆび】 • finger, toe, digit

④ 寺【てら】 • temple (Buddhist)

④ 森【もり】 • ① forest ② shrine grove

④ 点【てん】 • ① spot, mark ② point, dot ③ mark (e.g. in exam), score, points ④ counter for goods or items

④ 倍【ばい】 • ① twice, double ② times, -fold

④ 毛【け】 • hair, fur

④ 葉【は】 • leaf

④ 億【おく】 • 10^8, 100,000,000, hundred million

④ 枝【えだ】 • branch, bow, bough, twig, limb

④ 畳【たたみ】 • tatami mat (Japanese straw floor coverings)

④ 席【せき】 • ① seat ② location (of a gathering, etc.), place ③ position, post

④ 折る【おる】 • to break, to fold, to pick flowers

④ すり • pickpocket

④ のど • ① throat ② singing voice

③ 金【きん】 • ① gold, golden (color), metaphor for (most) valuable, gold (medal, cup) ② money (written before an amount) ③ Friday ④ metal (fourth of the five elements) ⑤ Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE) ⑥ gold general (shogi) ⑦ karat, carat

③ 週【しゅう】 • week

③ 上【じょう】 • ① from the standpoint of, as a matter of (e.g. fact), in the field of, being of the type of ② aboard (a ship or vehicle), on top of, on, above ③ first volume (e.g. book) ④ superior quality, best, top, high class ⑤ going up ⑥ governmental, imperial ⑦ presenting, showing

③ 長【ちょう】 • chief, head

③ 年間【ねんかん】 • year (period of)

③ 年生【ねんせい】 • pupil in ... year, student in ... year

③ 社【しゃ】 • ① company, association, society ② regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour) ③ counter for companies, shrines, etc.

③ 間【かん】 • ① interval, period of time ② among, between, inter-

③ 名【めい】 • ① counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such) ② first name ③ famous, great

③ 室【しつ】 • ① room ② Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

③ 台【だい】 • ① stand, rack, table ② support ③ belt ④ counter for machines, incl. vehicles ⑤ setting (e.g. in jewellery)

③ 題【だい】 • ① title, subject, theme, topic ② problem (on a test), question ③ counter for questions (on a test)

③ 発【はつ】 • ① departure, departing (from ...), departing (at time ...) ② beginning ③ issued by (e.g. document) ④ counter for gunshots, counter for blows (punches)

③ 文【ぶん】 • sentence, text

③ 不【ふ】 • un-, non-, negative prefix

③ 元【もと】 • former, ex-

③ 学期【がっき】 • school term, semester

③ 県【けん】 • ① prefecture (of Japan) ② county (of China)

③ 号【ごう】 • ① number, edition, make, model, issue, part of that group ② sobriquet, pen-name

③ 実【み】 • ① fruit, nut ② seed ③ (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc. ④ content, substance

③ 勝負【しょうぶ】 • victory or defeat, match, contest, game, bout

③ 章【しょう】 • ① chapter, section ② medal

③ 対【たい】 • ① opposite, opposition ② versus, vs ③ to (i.e. "we won the game five to three") ④ equal footing, equal terms ⑤ against ..., anti-, toward ..., to ...

③ 番目【ばんめ】 • cardinal number suffix

③ 秒【びょう】 • second (60th min)

③ 部【ぶ】 • ① department (in an organization), division, bureau ② club ③ part, component, element ④ category ⑤ counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

③ 役【やく】 • ① use, service, role ② post, position ③ scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.), hand

③ 列【れつ】 • queue, line, row, column, sequence, string, train

③ 列車【れっしゃ】 • train (ordinary)

③ 数【すう】 • ① several, a number of ② number, numeral, figure ③ destiny, fate ④ law

③ 面【めん】 • ① face ② mask, face guard ③ (in kendo) striking the head ④ surface (esp. a geometrical surface) ⑤ page ⑥ aspect, facet, side ⑦ chamfer ⑧ counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game

③ 羽【わ】 • counter for birds and rabbits

③ 両【りょう】 • ① both (e.g. both shoulders, etc.) ② ryo (obsolete unit of currency) ③ 41-42 g (one sixteenth of a kin) ④ 2 tan (measure of fabric size) ⑤ counter for carriages (e.g. in a train)

③ 色【しょく】 • counter for colours

③ 課【か】 • ① lesson ② section (in an organization), division, department ③ counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

③ 缶【かん】 • can, tin

③ 腰【こし】 • ① back, lower back, waist, hips, lumbar region ② body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.), resilience, spring

③ 差【さ】 • difference, variation

③ 札【さつ】 • note, paper money

③ 種類【しゅるい】 • ① variety, kind, type, category ② counter for different sorts of things

③ 順【じゅん】 • order, turn

③ 諸【しょ】 • various, many, several

③ 床【ゆか】 • ① floor ② stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player) ③ dining platform built across a river

③ 針【はり】 • ① needle, pin, hook ② stinger, thorn ③ hand (e.g. clock, etc.), pointer ④ staple (for a stapler) ⑤ needlework, sewing ⑥ malice ⑦ counter for stitches

③ 積む【つむ】 • to pile up, to stack, to load (car, ship, etc.), to pack

③ 説【せつ】 • theory

③ 増す【ます】 • to increase, to grow

③ 単位【たんい】 • ① unit, denomination ② credit (in school)

③ 瓶【びん】 • bottle

③ 幅【はば】 • width, breadth

③ 腹【はら】 • ① abdomen, belly, stomach ② one's mind, one's real intentions, one's true motive ③ loop (physics) ④ counter for hard roe

③ 便【びん】 • ① flight (e.g. airline flight), trip (e.g. train trip), service ② mail, post, letter ③ opportunity, chance

③ 包み【つつみ】 • bundle, package, parcel, bale

③ 法【ほう】 • ① law, act, principle ② method ③ mood ④ dharma

③ 棒【ぼう】 • pole, rod, stick

③ 輪【わ】 • ① ring, circle, loop ② hoop ③ wheel

③ 泊【はく】 • counter for nights of a stay

③ 株【かぶ】 • share, stock, stump (of tree)

③ 筋【すじ】 • ① muscle ② string, sinew, line, stripe ③ plot, plan ④ source (of business information) ⑤ reason, logic

③ 穴【あな】 • ① hole ② deficit, shortage, missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.) ③ vacancy, opening ④ flaw ⑤ profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others ⑥ upset victory (with a large payoff)

③ 件【けん】 • matter, case, item

③ 種【しゅ】 • ① kind, variety ② (biological) species ③ (logical) species

③ 振る【ふる】 • ① to wave, to shake, to swing ② to sprinkle, to throw (dice) ③ to cast (actor), to allocate (work) ④ to turn down (somebody), to reject, to jilt, to dump ⑤ to abandon, to give up, to ruin ⑥ to add kana indicating a reading of a word ⑦ to slightly change headings, to change directions ⑧ to extract by broiling, to prepare an infusion of, to decoct ⑨ to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine) ⑩ to bring up the main topic ⑪ to replace, to substitute ⑫ to set up a joke for somebody else

③ 世紀【せいき】 • century, era

③ 敷く【しく】 • ① to spread out, to lay out ② to take a position ③ to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

③ 幕【まく】 • ① curtain, bunting ② act (in play)

③ 翼【つばさ】 • ① wing ② Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

③ 率【りつ】 • rate, ratio, proportion, percentage

③ 級【きゅう】 • class, grade, rank, school class, grade

③ 詩【し】 • poem, verse of poetry

③ 蓋【ふた】 • cover, lid, cap

③ 籠【かご】 • basket, cage

② 学年【がくねん】 • year in school, grade in school

② 分【ぶん】 • ① part, segment, share, ration ② rate ③ degree, one's lot, one's status, relation, duty, kind, lot ④ in proportion to, just as much as

② 問い【とい】 • question, query

② 品【ひん】 • ① thing, article, goods ② dignity, class, quality ③ counter for meal courses ④ flirtatiousness, coquetry

② 園【えん】 • ① garden (esp. man-made), orchard, park, plantation ② place, location

② 角【かく】 • ① angle ② square (or cube) ③ bishop (shogi) ④ third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) ⑤ Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ⑥ jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

② 期【き】 • ① period, time ② (geological) age

② 局【きょく】 • ① channel (i.e. TV or radio), station, department ② affair, situation

② 曲【きょく】 • tune, piece of music

② 校【こう】 • ① school ② proof (of a book, document, etc.), counter for proofs

② 国語【こくご】 • ① Japanese (language) ② national language ③ native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

② 等分【とうぶん】 • division into equal parts

② 反【はん】 • anti-, opposite, antithesis, antagonism

② 番地【ばんち】 • house number, address

② 等【とう】 • ① class, order, rank ② et cetera (etc.), and the like ③ equal

② 軒【のき】 • ① eaves ② narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

② 束【たば】 • bundle, bunch, sheaf

② 編【へん】 • ① compilation (of a text), editing ② volume (of a text) ③ completed literary work

② 粒【つぶ】 • grain, bead

② 段【だん】 • ① step, stair, (flight of) steps, (row of) stitches, columns (of print) ② grade, rank, level ③ counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.)

② 隻【せき】 • counter for ships

② 位【い】 • ① place, rank ② decimal place ③ counter for ghosts

② 戦【せん】 • match, competition

② 領【りょう】 • territory of (country)

② 付【づけ】 • dated (e.g. a letter), date of effect (e.g. a rule change)

② 往復【おうふく】 • round trip, coming and going, return ticket

② 句【く】 • ① section (i.e. of text), sentence, passage, paragraph ② phrase ③ verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry) ④ haiku, first 17 morae of a renga, etc. ⑤ maxim, saying, idiom, expression

② 項目【こうもく】 • (data) item, entry

② 鎖【くさり】 • chain, chains

② 載る【のる】 • ① to get on, to ride in, to board, to mount, to get up on ② to spread (paints), to be taken in ③ to share in, to join, to feel like doing, to be mentioned in, to be in harmony with ④ to appear (in print), to be recorded, to be found in (a dictionary)

② 丁目【ちょうめ】 • district of a town, city block (of irregular size)

② 鉢【はち】 • ① bowl, pot, basin ② flowerpot ③ crown, brainpan

② 柄【がら】 • pattern, design

② 武士【ぶし】 • warrior, samurai

② 塊【かたまり】 • lump, mass, bundle, clump, clod, cluster

② 釜【かま】 • iron pot, kettle

② 瓦【かわら】 • roof tile

② 桁【けた】 • ① column, beam ② digit, decade, order of magnitude

② 煎る【いる】 • to parch, to fry, to fire, to broil, to roast, to boil down (in oil)

② 椀【わん】 • Japanese soup bowl, wooden bowl

② 匙【さじ】 • spoon

② 芯【しん】 • ① wick, marrow, staple (for stapler), (pencil) lead, stuffing, pith ② core, heart, centre, center

② 艘【そう】 • counter for (small) boats

① 体【てい】 • appearance, air, condition, state, form

① 着【ぎ】 • clothes, outfit, uniform, gi

① 重【じゅう】 • greater degree, heavy, serious

① ぺーじ • page

① 流【りゅう】 • style of, method of, manner of, school (of thought)

① 巻【まき】 • ① roll (e.g. of cloth) ② winding ③ volume (of book)

① 周【しゅう】 • ① Zhou (dynasty of China), Chou ② (geometric) perimeter ③ counter for laps or circuits

① 初【はつ】 • first, new

① 兆【ちょう】 • ① sign, omen, indication, portent ② 10^12, 1,000,000,000,000, trillion (American), (obs) billion (British)

① 果て【はて】 • the end, the extremity, the limit, the limits, the result

① 荷【に】 • ① load, baggage, cargo, freight, goods ② burden, responsibility

① 掛け【かけ】 • ① credit ② partially, half

① 区【く】 • ward, district, section

① 区間【くかん】 • section (of track, etc.), segment, dimension

① 愚痴【ぐち】 • ① idle complaint, grumble ② moha (ignorance, folly)

① 群【ぐん】 • ① group (of animals) ② group

① 刑【けい】 • penalty, sentence, punishment

① 茎【くき】 • stalk

① 圏【けん】 • ① sphere, circle, range ② category (only in the context of "category theory")

① 基【もと】 • base, foundation

① 原子【げんし】 • atom

① 航海【こうかい】 • sail, voyage

① 作【さく】 • a work, a harvest

① 軸【じく】 • axis, stem, shaft, axle

① 周期【しゅうき】 • cycle, period

① 丈【たけ】 • height, stature, length, measure, all (one has)

① 据える【すえる】 • ① to place (in position), to fix, to set (e.g. table), to lay (foundation) ② to install, to seat (someone) ③ to settle (upon something), to fix (e.g. one's gaze) ④ to apply (moxa)

① 世帯【せたい】 • household, home, family, housekeeping

① 世代【せだい】 • generation, the world, the age

① 仙【せん】 • hermit, wizard

① 斗【と】 • ① square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ② Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

① 棟【とう】 • ① large building ② counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

① 派【は】 • clique, faction, school

① 尾【お】 • tail, ridge

① 美【び】 • beauty

① 票【ひょう】 • label, ballot, ticket, sign

① 封【ふう】 • seal

① 弁【べん】 • Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)

① 類【るい】 • kind, sort, class, family, genus

① 管【かん】 • pipe, tube

① 世【よ】 • world, society, age, generation

① 割【わり】 • ① rate, ratio, proportion, percentage ② profit ③ assignment ④ 10%, unit of ten percent ⑤ sumo match, schedule of sumo matches ⑥ diluted with (of drinks), mixed with

① 陣【じん】 • battle formation, camp, encampment

① 条【じょう】 • ① article (in document), provision ② stripe, streak, line

① 遍【へん】 • number of times

① 竿【さお】 • ① rod, pole ② neck (of a shamisen, etc.), shamisen ③ beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance) ④ single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese) ⑤ counter for flags (on poles), counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. youkan)

① 掬う【すくう】 • to scoop, to ladle out

① 膳【ぜん】 • ① small dining table (usu. for a single person), serving tray (with legs) ② meal, food, serving ③ counter for bowlfuls of rice, counter for pairs of chopsticks

① 揃い【そろい】 • set, suit, uniform

① 壷【つぼ】 • ① jar, pot, vase ② dice cup ③ depression (i.e. the basin of a waterfall) ④ (figurative) bull's-eye ⑤ key point (of a conversation, etc.) ⑥ acupuncture point, moxibustion point ⑦ fingerboard (of a shamisen, etc.)

① 雫【しずく】 • drop (of water), drip

① 返る【かえる】 • ① to return, to come back, to go back ② (after the -masu stem of a verb) (to become) extremely, (to become) completely

オンス • ounce, 28.35g

カロリー • calorie

ガロン • gallon

ゲーム • game

サイクル • cycle

ステージ • ① stage ② performance

セット • ① set ② set meal

センチ • ① centimeter ② centi-, 10^-2 ③ sentimental

ドル • ① dollar ② doll

パーセント • percent, percentage

フィート • feet, foot

フラン • franc

ヘクタール • hectare

ボルト • ① volt ② bolt

ポイント • ① point ② points (of a railway), switch

マイル • mile

ミリ • ① milli-, 10^-3 ② millimetre, millimeter

リットル • litre

ワット • watt

人前【ひとまえ】 • the public, company

キロメートル【きろめーとる】 • kilometer, kilometre

入【じゅ】 • go in

セント • saint

食【しょく】 • ① meal, (one's) diet, food, foodstuff, foodstuffs ② eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)

ペソ • peso

ペンス • pence

ヶ国【かこく】 • counter for countries

ポンド • pound

京【きょう】 • ① imperial capital (esp. Kyoto) ② final word of an iroha-uta ③ 10^16, 10,000,000,000,000,000, ten quadrillion (American), (obs) ten thousand billion (British)

体【たい】 • ① body, physique, posture ② shape, form, style ③ substance, identity, reality ④ field ⑤ counter for humanoid forms (e.g. dolls, statues, corpses, etc.)

通り【どおり】 • ① in accordance with ..., following ... ② .. Street, .. Avenue

通話【つうわ】 • ① telephone call, talking, calling ② counter for telephone calls

堂【どう】 • ① temple, shrine, hall ② prefix to building meaning "magnificent"

店【てん】 • -store, -shop

言【げん】 • word, remark, statement

足【そく】 • counter for pairs (of socks, shoes, etc.)

具【ぐ】 • ① tool, means, ingredients ② counter for armor (armour), suits, sets of furniture

光年【こうねん】 • light year

才【さい】 • ① -years-old ② ability, gift, talent, aptitude, genius

車線【しゃせん】 • traffic lane, road lane

神道【しんとう】 • Shinto

番線【ばんせん】 • track number

次【じ】 • ① next ② hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence) ③ order, sequence, time, times

ヶ所【かしょ】 • passage, place, point, part

番手【ばんて】 • ① (yarn) count ② n-th place (e.g. in a race), n-th in position (e.g. a starting lineup)

組み【くみ】 • ① set (of items) ② group (of people), class (of students), company (esp. construction), family (i.e. mafia), team ③ typesetting, composition

合【ごう】 • ① 0.18039 litres (liters) ② 0.3306 metres square (meters) ③ one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain ④ (astronomical) conjunction ⑤ counter for covered containers ⑥ counter for matches, battles, etc.

選【せん】 • ① selection, choice, election ② compilation, editing

乗【じょう】 • ① (nth) power ② counter for vehicles ③ multiplication ④ Buddha's teachings

犯【はん】 • perpetrators of (some) crime, (some type of) crime

人組み【にんぐみ】 • a ~-man group (after number ~), a group of ~ people

降る【くだる】 • ① to descend, to go down, to come down ② to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.) ③ to pass (of time) ④ to surrender, to capitulate ⑤ (often in neg. form) to be less than, to be inferior to ⑥ to have the runs, to have diarrhea

気筒【きとう】 • cylinder

宇【のき】 • ① eaves ② narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

座【ざ】 • ① seat, one's place, position ② attaches to the names of theatres and constellations

時限【じげん】 • ① (school) period ② period or division of time, time limit

周年【しゅうねん】 • whole year, anniversary

層【そう】 • ① layer, seam, bed, stream, class ② sheaf ③ storey (of a building), story, floor

段落【だんらく】 • ① paragraph ② end, stopping place, conclusion

滴【しずく】 • drop (of water), drip

歳【とし】 • ① year ② age

粉【こ】 • flour, meal, powder

余【よ】 • over, more than

連【れん】 • ① (taxonomical) tribe ② quinella (quiniela) ③ party, company, group ④ two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper)

灯【とう】 • ① light, lamp ② counter for electric lights

座り【すわり】 • ① sitting ② stability

抜き【ぬき】 • ① without, not including, dispensed with ② (beating) in succession

杯【はい】 • ① sake cup, cup for alcoholic beverages ② counter for cupfuls ③ counter for ships, octopuses and squid

機【き】 • ① chance, opportunity ② machine ③ aircraft ④ counter for aircraft ⑤ counter for remaining lives (in video games)

握り【にぎり】 • grip, handle

伊達【だて】 • ① elegance, dandyism, sophistication, having style ② affectation, showing off, putting on an air, appearances, just for show

花弁【はなびら】 • (flower) petal

括る【くくる】 • ① to tie up, to tie together, to bundle, to fasten ② to hang (oneself) ③ to summarize (e.g. information)

艦【かん】 • warship

駒【こま】 • ① piece (in shogi, chess, etc.) ② bridge (of a violin, etc.)

剤【ざい】 • medicine, agent, (chemical) substance, drug, dose

勺【しゃく】 • ① 18 ml (one-tenth of a go) ② 0.033 meters square (one-hundredth of a tsubo) ③ dip, ladle

旬【しゅん】 • season (e.g. fruit, fish)

垂れ【たれ】 • ① hanging, something hanging (i.e. a flap, lappet, etc.) ② sauce (for dipping, pouring over, etc.) ③ (in kendo) loin guard ④ kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character ⑤ -ass (used after a noun or na-adjective indicating someone's nature), -head

畝【うね】 • ridge, rib

銭【せん】 • ① hundredth of a yen ② coin made of non-precious materials

脚【あし】 • ① foot ② leg ③ gait ④ pace ⑤ bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji ⑥ means of transportation

卓【たく】 • table, desk, high

坪【つぼ】 • unit of land measurement, 3.95 square yards, 3.31 square meters

つまみ • ① knob, handle, button ② (file) handle ③ snack (to have with a drink), side dish ④ a pinch (e.g. of salt) ⑤ picking, harvesting

端【たん】 • ① variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length ② 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres) ③ six ken (10.91 m)

匁【もんめ】 • unit of weight, approx. 3.75 g

厘【りん】 • ① one-hundredth, 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun), 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari), 0.0375 grams (one-hundredth of a monme) ② old monetary unit (0.001 yen)

塁【るい】 • base (baseball)

弦【つる】 • ① bowstring ② string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.) ③ bail (arched pot handle) ④ diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

拍子【ひょうし】 • ① (musical) time, tempo, beat, rhythm ② the moment, the instance, chance

俵【たわら】 • ① straw bag, bale, sack ② counter for bags

錠【じょう】 • ① lock, padlock ② tablet, lozenge, pill

締め【しめ】 • summing up, judo choking (strangling) techniques

貫【かん】 • ① kan (approx. 3.75 kg) ② kan (obsolete unit of currency)

張り【ばり】 • ① in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works), reminiscent of ② attached or stretched on

朱【しゅ】 • ① cinnabar, vermillion, red, slightly-orange red ② red pigment (and ink made from same) ③ red text (as used to correct documents)

いんち • inch

翅【はね】 • ① feather, plume, wing ② blade (fan, propeller, etc.)

碓【うす】 • mill-stone, mortar

桶【おけ】 • bucket

笠【かさ】 • ① conical hat (East-Asian style), coolie hat ② something shaped like a conical hat, shade (of a lamp)

棹【さお】 • neck (of a shamisen, etc.), shamisen

串【くし】 • spit, skewer

盞【さかずき】 • sake cup, cup for alcoholic beverages

碗【わん】 • bowl (porcelain)

刎【はね】 • counter for helmets, etc.;

劈【へき】 • break, tear, pierce, split, burst

枷【かせ】 • ① shackles, fetters, irons, handcuffs, restraint, constraint ② bonds (e.g. family), ties, binding relationship, binding relationships, encumbrance

疋【ひき】 • ① counter for small animals ② counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size) ③ roll of cloth

痼り【こり】 • ① stiffness (in shoulders), swelling, hardening ② lingering discomfort, uneasiness, bad aftertaste, unpleasant feeling

綴【つづり】 • ① spelling ② orthography ③ patching, binding

樽【たる】 • cask, barrel

叺【かます】 • straw bag

帙【ちつ】 • ① protective covering for books, often in the form of a folding case with clasps ② counter for book covers ③ book cover or dust jacket

裄【ゆき】 • distance from the seam in the back of a kimono to the end of the sleeve