[しも, shimo] (n) (1) below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter); (2) bottom; (3) beneath; underneath; (4) (as 下から, 下より, etc.) just after; right after; (n, adj-no) (5) inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior); (n) (6) (See 下取り) trade-in; (n-pref) (7) (See 下準備) preliminary; preparatory; (P) #367
[よせん, yosen] (n, vs) preliminary contest; qualifier; primary; nomination; (P) #1380
[よび, yobi] (n, adj-no) preparation; preliminaries; reserve; spare; (P) #3655
[よこく, yokoku] (n, vs) advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; (P) #5166
[ちょうしょ, chousho] (n) protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet; (P) #15413
[したきょうぎ, shitakyougi] (n) preliminary conference
[したけんさ, shitakensa] (n) preliminary inspection
[したけんぶん, shitakenbun] (n, vs) preliminary examination
[したみ, shitami] (n, vs) preview; preliminary inspection; siding (on a house); (P)
[したじゅんび, shitajunbi] (n) preliminary arrangements; spade work
[したぞめ, shitazome] (n, vs) preliminary dyeing
[したそうだん, shitasoudan] (n, vs) preliminary consultation; arrangements
[したしらべ, shitashirabe] (n, vs) preliminary investigation; preparation; (P)
[したごしらえ, shitagoshirae] (n, vs) preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
[かりのさしとめ, karinosashitome] (n) temporary injunction; preliminary injunction
[かりおき, karioki] (n, vs) preliminary loading of the (cargo) ship (in preparation for moving cargo around inside the ship)
[かんしょう;かんせい(ik), kanshou ; kansei (ik)] (n) (formal salutation for a brief letter) Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that...
[きほんせっけい, kihonsekkei] (n) baseline design; preliminary design; basic design
[しきり, shikiri] (n) (1) partition; division; boundary; compartment; (2) settlement of accounts; (3) preliminary warm-up ritual (sumo); toeing the mark; (P)
[しさん, shisan] (n, vs) trial calculation; preliminary calculation; (P)
[じぜんしんさ, jizenshinsa] (n) advance screening; prior inspection; preliminary review; pre-vetting
[じゅんびかんせい, junbikansei] (n) preliminary control of lights
[じゅんびじょうきょう, junbijoukyou] (n) preliminary conditions; initial conditions
[しょどう, shodou] (n) (1) initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; (2) initial shock (e.g. of earthquake); preliminary tremor
[こてしらべ, koteshirabe] (n) preliminary test or trial; tryout
[さきぶれ, sakibure] (n) preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
[ぜんしょうせん, zenshousen] (n) skirmish; preliminary encounter; prefinals (in games); (P)
[ぜんしん, zenshin] (n) preliminary trials
[まえずもう, maezumou] (n) preliminary sumo bouts with unranked wrestlers; unranked sumo wrestlers
[ぜんだんかい, zendankai] (n) preliminary step; first step
[まえづけ, maeduke] (n) preliminaries
[ぜんりゃく, zenryaku] (n) (1) (opening formula of a brief letter) Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that...; (n, vs) (2) omitting the beginning; (P)
[あしきり, ashikiri] (n) (1) Japanese children's game; (2) (sens) preliminary test to eliminate weak contenders
[ちゅうかんしゅうけい, chuukanshuukei] (n) preliminary results; intermediate results; in-progress total
[ないけん, naiken] (n, vs) preliminary inspection; preview
[うちこうしょう;ないこうしょう, uchikoushou ; naikoushou] (n) preliminary negotiations
[よこう, yokou] (n) preliminary draft; preliminary draught
[よしん, yoshin] (n) preliminary examination; pretrial hearing
[よしんちょうしょ, yoshinchousho] (n) minutes of a pre-trial hearing; records of a preliminary examination
[よしん, yoshin] (n) preliminary tremor
[よびかいぎ, yobikaigi] (n) preliminary conference
[よびかいだん, yobikaidan] (n) preliminary discussion
[よびきょうやく, yobikyouyaku] (n) preliminary agreement
[よびこうしょう, yobikoushou] (n) preliminary negotiations
[よびこうさく, yobikousaku] (n) spade work; preliminaries
[よびしけん, yobishiken] (n) preliminary examination
[よびせんきょ, yobisenkyo] (n) preliminary election; a primary (election)
[よびちょうさ, yobichousa] (n) preliminary investigation
[よびてき, yobiteki] (adj-na) preliminary; preparatory
[りゃくけい, ryakukei] (n) (opening formula of a brief letter) Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that...