[ちゃんこばん, chankoban] (n) (sumo) person in charge of preparing food for rikishi (usually performed by low-ranking rikishi)
[ガラパゴスこばねう, garapagosu kobaneu] (n) flightless cormorant; Galapagos cormorant
[kobanhimeji] (n) Indian goatfish (Parupeneus indicus); Yellowspot goatfish
[えんしょうこばなし, enshoukobanashi] (n) amorous anecdote
[なまこいた;なまこばん, namakoita ; namakoban] (n) corrugated iron sheet
[のこぎりばん;のこばん, nokogiriban ; nokoban] (n) sawing machine
[こばんぞこきん, kobanzokokin] (n) pubococcygeal muscle; Kegel muscle
[こばなれ, kobanare] (n, vs) parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children
[ししょばこばんごう, shishobakobangou] (n) { comp } Post Office box address; P.O.box address
[こばねう, kobaneu] (n) short-winged cormorant
[こばん, koban] (n) (1) (See 大判・2) koban; small former Japanese oval gold coin; (n, adj-no) (2) (See 小判形) oval; (n) (3) (See 判・はん・3) small size (of paper)
[こばんがた, kobangata] (n) an ellipse or oval
[こばんがた, kobangata] (n, adj-no) oval; elliptical; oblong
[こばんざめ, kobanzame] (n) (1) (uk) remora; suckerfish; sharksucker (any fish of family Echeneidae); (2) live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)
[こばな, kobana] (n) (See 鼻翼) nostrils; wings of the nose
[こばなし;しょうわ(小話), kobanashi ; shouwa ( kobanashi )] (n) (1) anecdote; (2) brief (comic) story
[とこばなれ, tokobanare] (n, vs) getting up; getting out of bed; recovery from an illness
[せんこばんこ, senkobanko] (n) remote antiquity; ancient times; the remote past
[そうこばん, soukoban] (n) warehouseman; storekeeper
[たいこばん, taikoban] (n) (1) large seal; large stamp; (2) seal of approval; guarantee; endorsement
[たいこばんをおす, taikobanwoosu] (exp, v5s) to give the stamp of approval
[ねこにこばん, nekonikoban] (exp) (to cast) pearls before swine; really big waste of resources
[ぶんこばん, bunkoban] (n) paperback edition