drama; play; powerful drug
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); roll of cloth
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
tapir (Tapirus spp.); mo; mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
wrinkle reduction; rhytidoplasty
magnifying glass; wrestler of the lowest rank
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
heading; headline; index; headword
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence