[くらい, kurai] (adv, suf) (1) (orig. from 座居, meaning "seat") throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat; (2) (See 位階) government position; court rank; (3) social standing; rank; class; echelon; rung; (n) (4) grade (of quality, etc.); level; tier; rank; (5) (See 桁・2) digit (e.g. the tens, the hundreds, etc.); place; (6) (See どの位) degree; extent; amount; (P) #116
[いみ, imi] (n, vs) meaning; significance; (P) #491
[てん, ten] (n) (1) (abbr) (See 御店) merchant's home; (2) (See 店子) rented home; (3) (orig. meaning, also written as 棚) (See 店棚) store; shop #497
[しん, shin] (n) (1) mind; heart; spirit; (2) the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.); (P) #866
[ko ; kko] (suf) (1) (abbr) (See 事・こと・6, 慣れっこ, ぺちゃんこ・1) doing; in such a state; (2) (See 睨めっこ・1) doing together; contest; match; (3) (fam) (See 餡こ・1) familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small") #880
[わけ, wake] (n) (uk) conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation; (P) #921
[どう, dou] (n, n-suf, n-pref) (1) temple; shrine; hall; (2) prefix to building meaning "magnificent"; (P) #1157
[そら, sora] (n) (1) empty air; sky; (2) { Buddh } shunya (emptiness, the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phemomenon); (3) (abbr) (See 空軍) air force; (n, adj-na) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements) #1345
[どうい, doui] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) agreement; consent; same opinion; approval; (2) same meaning; (P) #1704
[そうとう, soutou] (adj-na, n-adv, vs) (1) befitting; becoming; worthy of; proportionate; in keeping with; suitable; (2) considerable; substantial; (vs) (3) to be worthy of; to be proportionate to; (4) to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.); to be equivalent; (adv) (5) extremely; considerably; (P) #1889
[ぎ, gi] (n, adj-no) (1) morality; righteousness; justice; honour (honor); (2) meaning; (3) { Buddh } teachings; doctrine; (n, n-pref) (4) nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws); (5) prosthesis #1914
[とう, tou] (n, n-suf) (1) tower; steeple; spire; (n) (2) (abbr) (original meaning) (See 卒塔婆・1, 塔婆・1) stupa; pagoda; dagoba; (P) #2279
[いきさつ(P);けいい;たてぬき;たてよこ(ok), ikisatsu (P); keii ; tatenuki ; tateyoko (ok)] (n) (1) (いきさつ, けいい only) details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances; how it started; how things got this way; (2) (けいい only) longitude and latitude; (3) (けいい, たてぬき, たてよこ only) (orig. meaning of けいい) (See 縦横・たてよこ・4) warp and weft; warp and woof; (P) #2320
[むね, mune] (n) (1) center (centre); pillar; principle; (2) (旨 only) purport; gist; drift; meaning; (P) #2781
[しゅ, shu] (n, ctr) (1) stock; share; (n) (2) (orig. meaning) stump; (n, ctr) (3) root; rootstock; (4) strain (of bacteria, etc.); (n, n-suf) (5) tradeable rank; goodwill; (n) (6) (See お株) one's forte; (P) #3179
[しゅし, shushi] (n) (1) meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect; (2) (趣旨 only) goal; intent; object; aim; point; (P) #3489
[い, i] (n) (1) feelings; thoughts; (2) meaning #3755
[せいぎ, seigi] (n) justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; (P) #3911
[はつめい, hatsumei] (n, vs) (1) invention; (adj-na) (2) (See 聡明) intelligent; clever; (n, vs) (3) (arch) being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear; (P) #4641
[あいさつ, aisatsu] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; (2) speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; (3) reply; response; (4) (sl) revenge; retaliation; (exp) (5) (See 御挨拶) a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark); (6) (orig. meaning) dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment); (P) #6028
[いぎ, igi] (n) meaning; significance; (P) #6040
[てん, ten] (n) (1) altering pronunciation or meaning; word with altered pronunciation or meaning; (2) (abbr) (See 転句・てんく) turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry) #6497
[よみほん, yomihon] (n) (1) (See 入門書) reading-book; reader; guidebook; manual; (2) (original meaning) textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook); (P) #6978
[さんにゅう, sannyuu] (n, vs) (1) entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; (2) (original meaning) visiting a high-class or noble individual; (P) #7012
[あくい, akui] (n, adj-no) (1) ill will; spite; evil intention; (2) bad meaning; (n) (3) (criminal) malice; (4) mala fides (criminal intent to deceive); (P) #9380
[むいみ, muimi] (adj-na, n) nonsense; no meaning; meaningless; (P) #9725
[ふくみ, fukumi] (n) implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment; inclusion; (P) #11149
[おおもじ(P);だいもんじ, oomoji (P); daimonji] (n) (1) (See 小文字) upper case letters; large characters; capital letter; (2) (だいもんじ only) the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; (3) (だいもんじ only) huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on 16 Aug each year; (P) #12928
[おんぷ, onpu] (n) (1) (See お玉杓子) musical note; note symbol; (2) phonetic symbol (inc. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); (3) (See 意符) part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning); (P) #14351
[どうぎ, dougi] (adj-na, n, adj-no) the same meaning #14433
[いちぎ, ichigi] (n) (1) reason; principle; meaning; (2) first meaning; first principle; first consideration; (P) #14556
[しんい, shin'i] (n) real intention; true motive; true meaning; (P) #17143
[おもむき, omomuki] (n) (1) meaning; tenor; gist; (2) effect; influence; (3) appearance; aspect; (4) taste; (5) grace; charm; refinement; (P) #17283
[だんな, danna] (n) (1) master (of a house, shop, etc.); (2) husband (informal); (3) word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status (sir, boss, master, governor); (4) (See パトロン・1) patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy; (5) { Buddh } (original meaning; usu. written as 檀那) (See 檀越, 檀家) alms; almsgiving; almsgiver; (P) #18713
[ゆういぎ, yuuigi] (adj-na) significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest; (P) #19087
[udauda] (adv) (on-mim) idle; long-winded and meaningless
[untara] (n) (See うんたらかんたら) mumble (used in place of meaningful words in a sentence)
[untarakantara] (n) (See うんたら) something-something (phrase used in place of meaningful words in a sentence)
[eheraehera] (adv) meaninglessly (laugh); (laugh) hollowly
[おかけください, okakekudasai] (exp) (uk) (and many other meanings of 掛ける) please sit down; please have a seat
[kojitsukeru] (v1, vt) to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)
[imifu] (adj-na) (abbr) (sl) (See 意味不明) of uncertain meaning; ambiguous
[oba mu] (v5m) (sl) (pun on バラク・オバマ) (See 拒む) (various meanings, including) to chant, "Yes we can, yes we can!"
[konpanion] (n) (1) promotional model (at a trade show, etc.); female guide (at a convention); booth babe; (2) hostess (of a party, banquet, etc.); (3) (orig. meaning) companion; (P)
[shi-hairu] (exp) skiers' greeting meaning "Good skiing!" (ger
[daburumi-ningu] (n) double meaning
[chanpuru-] (n) chanpuru; champuru; Okinawan stir-fry dish, usually containing vegetables (especially bitter melon), tofu, meat or fish (poss. from Indonesian "campur" meaning mixed)
[chon] (n) (1) (vulg) (sl) abusive term used to refer to Koreans; (2) (original meaning) idiot; (3) Korean currency unit (1-100 of a won)
[ホシザメぞく, hoshizame zoku] (n) Mustelus (genus of smooth-hound sharks in the family Triakidae); from the Latin mustela meaning weasel
[めりはりのきいた(めりはりの利いた);メリハリのきいた(メリハリの利いた), meriharinokiita ( meriharino ri ita ); merihari nokiita ( merihari no ri ita )] (exp) (See メリハリを利かせた) explicit; clear; unambiguous; meaningful; lively