Nounchapter; section · medal; badge; insignia

Noun, Noun, used as a suffixprize; award

Noun, Noun, used as a prefixsmallness; small item · short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) · urine; piss; pee; urination

Nounquotient · business; merchant; dealer · second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)

Suffixillness; condition; -pathy

Nounform; shape; figure; appearance; phenomenon

Nounsurname; family name · hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

Nounimperial decree; imperial edict

Nouncommander; general; leader

Prefixsmall; little; few

Suffixminister (of a government department)

Nounshow; performance · show; exhibition; expo; fair; convention · TV show

Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verbto carry on one's back · to be burdened with; to take responsibility for · to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something)

Nounpalm (of the hand)

Nounlife; living · I; me; myself · student

Nounname; title; designation · fame; reputation

Noungong; handbell

Nounimportant point (e.g. on a route) · important role (responsibility, etc.) · opposition

Nountraditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music

Noun, Noun, used as a suffixministry; department · province (of China) · saving; conserving

Countercounter for beds

Nounpraise · hymn (genre of the Shi Jing)

Nounxiao (vertical Chinese bamboo flute)

Nounshō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres

Noun, Noun, used as a suffixmanor; villa

Nounexcerpt; extract · annotation · shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)

Prefixexactly; precisely · correct; right; true · greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior

Nounnature; disposition; temperament; character · quality · that which does not change according to external influences

Nounsecond line of a four-line Chinese poem

Nounwin; victory · beautiful scenery; scenic spot · counter for wins

Nounround bronze jar used for storing alcohol (Han dynasty China)

Prefixnth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)

Nounmistress; kept woman; concubine · I; me

Nounvoice; sound · tone (of Chinese character); tone mark · stress (in pronunciation); intonation; accent

Nounomen (usu. good); (auspicious) sign · first two anniversaries of a person's death

Nounreef

Nounrequest; invitation · privilege in criminal law given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryō system)

Nouncraftsman; artisan; carpenter; (skilled) workman

Nounproof; evidence · certificate; license; permit; membership card; ID card · enlightenment

Nounrice water

Nounassistant vice-minister (ritsuryō system, early Meiji period)