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Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. stand; rack; table; bench; podium; pedestal; platform; stage
2. support; holder; rack
Counter
3. counter for machines, incl. vehicles
Noun
4. setting (e.g. in jewellery)
Counter
Noun
Suffix
5. level (e.g. price level); range (e.g. after physical units); period (of time, e.g. a decade of one's life)
Noun
6. elevated area
7. viewing platform
8. dish tray
9. meal
10. tall building; tower
Kanji used
pedestal
Pitch accent
Top 2200
Used in vocabulary (186 in total)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
bed; couch
script; libretto; scenario
one machine; one vehicle
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
elevation; high ground
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
candlestick; candlestand
viewing platform; observation deck; observation platform
Sendai (city in Miyagi)
(gun) battery; fort
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; (railway) truck; bogie; flatcar
low dining table; tea table
washbasin; washstand
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
workbench; work table
one machine; one vehicle
plateau; tableland; eminence
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding bed
astronomical observatory
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
watchtower; watch tower; lookout tower
kitchen table; kitchen counter; working surface
scaffold; gallows
sink; washstand
watch stand; watcher's seat; attendant's booth (e.g. at an onsen)
account book; ledger; register
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
witness stand; witness box
oval tub or tray used in fish shops
dressing table; dresser
observation platform; lookout platform
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
garrison (in Meiji era)
number of large objects such as cars, computers, etc.
step in a Japanese entranceway
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
fort; battery
table tennis table; ping-pong table
backing paper (for a photo, painting, etc.); mat; mount
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
victory stand; winners' podium
Censorate (Later Han and Song-dynasty surveillance agency)
trapezium; trapezoid
scaffold; gallows
examination table (at a doctor's office)
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding bed
clothes-drying platform; place for drying laundry
bookrest; bookholder
Balcony of Appearances; balcony where the imperial family appears before the public; (sports) interview platform; winner's platform; dancing platform (in a disco)
stand; frame; abutment
footrest; foot stool
balance beam (in gymnastics)
wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman
gas range; gas burner; gas ring; gas cooker; gas cooktop
opposing arcade machines wired together (for two-player games)
meteorological observatory
TV stand; TV table; TV unit
chassis; car body
display stand; exhibition table
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
(childbirth) delivery table; birthing table
telephone table; telephone stand
your honor (honour); his (or her) honor (honour)
low dining table; tea table
(telephone) switchboard; switchboard operator
stone pedestal
lookout platform; viewing platform; observation tower; viewpoint; overlook
fishing stand; small portable stand that can be assembled quickly; stand used to transport people or things (Edo period)
rack (torture device)
clothes-drying platform; place for drying laundry
stand, table or altar on which one places donated flowers
ironing board
outdoor bench (placed under the eaves of a house and used for cooling off during the summer)
Olympic cauldron; Olympic flame platform
pachinko machine
queen cell (of a beehive); royal cell
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)
words; one's lines
cashier's desk; counter (where you pay in a store); cash desk
test bench; test stand
ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth
oblong stand for trays of food; weighing table
table-wiping cloth
witness stand or box
bridge abutment
lookout platform; viewing platform; observation tower; viewpoint; overlook
bench (i.e. for bathroom); seat; small piece of furniture upon which one can sit on
window-sill; window-ledge
drainboard; draining board
wash stand; wash basin; sink
footstool; footrest
free seat (e.g. a park bench)
draft of a magazine's content (usu. a table showing the allocation of each page)
in-store video game installation (for customer trials)
training partner; training hall (esp. one made of wooden planks and used for dancing practice)
stand for tea bowls (tea ceremony)
altar, stand or table for burning incense
Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (1869-1871 CE); Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (under the ritsuryo system)
pillory; stocks; gibbet
workbench; work table
platform scales; weighing platform
(Japanese) Darby and Joan dolls
marine meteorological observatory
executioner's block
to be fired; to be decapitated
braiding stand with a circular top
a rise above a certain level (of a stock price, etc.)
fishing stand; small portable stand that can be assembled quickly; stand used to transport people or things (Edo period)
architrave
bench (i.e. for bathroom); seat; small piece of furniture upon which one can sit on
bench (i.e. for bathroom); seat; small piece of furniture upon which one can sit on
drainboard; draining board
free seat (e.g. a park bench)
neckband (of a shirt)
exact center of the Garbhadhatu mandala; platform upon which the fire is lit in a stone lantern
counter in a sushi restaurant
(Chinese) television station
plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes
sawhorse; sawbuck
lotus seat (under Buddhist statues); lotus base
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)
footstool; footrest
draft of a magazine's content (usu. a table showing the allocation of each page)
dining table; (arch.) cooked rice
pillory; stocks; gibbet
a rise above a certain level (of a stock price, etc.)
plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes
frustum (of a cone or pyramid)
terminal block (electrical)
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
(manufacturing) fixtures
wheel truing stand
wave-cut platform; abrasion platform; coastal bench
wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction
honorific used in company correspondence
free stock (in grafting); compatible rootstock
panoramic viewing platform
bicycle rollers
wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction
stool (stood on to reach high objects); stock (in grafting)
a fall below a certain level (of a stock price, etc.)
very large float used to carry taiko at festivals
stool (stood on to reach high objects); stock (in grafting)
copy holder; stand for holding papers during typing, etc.; glass part of a scanner, copier, etc.
truncated pyramid
chopstick rest
coppicing-like technique used with cedar trees
truncated cone; frustum of a cone
caterer in a red-light district
observatory for astronomy, cloud-watching, etc.; astronomical expert; place where the soul is located
Sakuradai Station (Tokyo)
Heiwadai Station (Tokyo)
Tokiwadai Station
Examples (32 in total)
Two trucks bumped together.
We have three televisions in our house.
How many cars are there in the United States?