foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
backing paper (for a photo, painting, etc.); mat; mount
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
low dining table; tea table
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
account book; ledger; register
wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
dining table; (arch.) cooked rice
plateau; tableland; eminence
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding bed
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; (railway) truck; bogie; flatcar
your honor (honour); his (or her) honor (honour)
oblong stand for trays of food; weighing table
stand for tea bowls (tea ceremony)
Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (1869-1871 CE); Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (under the ritsuryo system)
viewing platform; observation deck; observation platform
window-sill; window-ledge
script; libretto; scenario
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
step in a Japanese entranceway
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
lookout platform; viewing platform; observation tower; viewpoint; overlook
frustum (of a cone or pyramid)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
low dining table; tea table
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
kitchen table; kitchen counter; working surface
watchtower; watch tower; lookout tower
watch stand; watcher's seat; attendant's booth (e.g. at an onsen)
witness stand; witness box
oval tub or tray used in fish shops
observation platform; lookout platform
number of large objects such as cars, computers, etc.
table tennis table; ping-pong table
victory stand; winners' podium
balance beam (in gymnastics)
clothes-drying platform; place for drying laundry
Censorate (Later Han and Song-dynasty surveillance agency)
examination table (at a doctor's office)
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
Balcony of Appearances; balcony where the imperial family appears before the public; (sports) interview platform; winner's platform; dancing platform (in a disco)
gas range; gas burner; gas ring; gas cooker; gas cooktop
opposing arcade machines wired together (for two-player games)
TV stand; TV table; TV unit
meteorological observatory
display stand; exhibition table
telephone table; telephone stand
(childbirth) delivery table; birthing table
(telephone) switchboard; switchboard operator
outdoor bench (placed under the eaves of a house and used for cooling off during the summer)
stand, table or altar on which one places donated flowers
fishing stand; small portable stand that can be assembled quickly; stand used to transport people or things (Edo period)
Olympic cauldron; Olympic flame platform
queen cell (of a beehive); royal cell
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)
cashier's desk; counter (where you pay in a store); cash desk
ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth
drainboard; draining board
bench (i.e. for bathroom); seat; small piece of furniture upon which one can sit on
wash stand; wash basin; sink
free seat (e.g. a park bench)
free seat (e.g. a park bench)
training partner; training hall (esp. one made of wooden planks and used for dancing practice)
draft of a magazine's content (usu. a table showing the allocation of each page)
in-store video game installation (for customer trials)
platform scales; weighing platform
altar, stand or table for burning incense
braiding stand with a circular top
(Japanese) Darby and Joan dolls
marine meteorological observatory
to be fired; to be decapitated
truncated cone; frustum of a cone
a rise above a certain level (of a stock price, etc.)
exact center of the Garbhadhatu mandala; platform upon which the fire is lit in a stone lantern
(Chinese) television station
plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes
counter in a sushi restaurant
lotus seat (under Buddhist statues); lotus base
honorific used in company correspondence
stool (stood on to reach high objects); stock (in grafting)
terminal block (electrical)
very large float used to carry taiko at festivals
wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction
copy holder; stand for holding papers during typing, etc.; glass part of a scanner, copier, etc.
a fall below a certain level (of a stock price, etc.)
panoramic viewing platform
food set out on a stand; gift placed on a stand; (arch.) food brought on a large stand to a brothel by a red-light district caterer
wave-cut platform; abrasion platform; coastal bench
coppicing-like technique used with cedar trees
free stock (in grafting); compatible rootstock
observatory for astronomy, cloud-watching, etc.; astronomical expert; place where the soul is located
caterer in a red-light district
Sakuradai Station (Tokyo)